swindler
noun
[ ˈswɪndlə ]
• a person who uses deception to deprive someone of money or possessions.
• "he used his charm to become a small-time swindler"
Similar:
fraudster,
fraud,
confidence trickster,
confidence man,
cheat,
trickster,
rogue,
mountebank,
exploiter,
pretender,
charlatan,
sham,
impostor,
hoaxer,
embezzler,
con man,
con artist,
shark,
sharp,
hustler,
bilker,
flimflam man,
phoney,
chiseller,
crook,
quack,
bunco artist,
Origin:
late 18th century: from German Schwindler ‘extravagant maker of schemes, swindler’, from schwindeln ‘be giddy’, also ‘tell lies’.
