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Every swindle is driven by a desire for easy money; it's the one thing the swindler and the swindled have in common.
Mitchell Zuckoff

Meaning of "swindler" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SWINDLER

swindler  [ˈswɪndlə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWINDLER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Swindler is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SWINDLER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

swindler

Charlatan

A charlatan is a person practicing quackery or some similar confidence trick in order to obtain money, fame or other advantages via some form of pretense or deception. The word comes from French charlatan, a seller of medicines who might advertise his presence with music and an outdoor stage show. The best known of the Parisian charlatans was Tabarin, who set up a stage in the Place Dauphine, Paris in 1618, and whose commedia dell'arte inspired skits and whose farces inspired Molière. The word can also be traced to Spanish; charlatán, an indiscreetly talkative person, a chatterbox. Ultimately, etymologists trace "charlatan" from either the Italian ciarlare, to prattle; or from Cerretano, a resident of Cerreto, a village in Umbria, known for its quacks.

Definition of swindler in the English dictionary

The definition of swindler in the dictionary is a person who cheats someone out of money, etc; defrauder.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SWINDLER


candler
ˈkændlə
chandler
ˈtʃɑːndlə
dandler
ˈdændlə
enkindler
ɪnˈkɪndlə
handler
ˈhændlə
kindler
ˈkɪndlə
panhandler
ˈpænhændlə
spindler
ˈspɪndlə
stickhandler
ˈstɪkˌhændlə
trundler
ˈtrʌndlə
unbundler
ʌnˈbʌndlə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SWINDLER

swindle
swindle sheet
Swindon
swine
swine fever
swine flu
swine vesicular disease
swine´s cress
swineherd
swinehood
swinelike
swinepox
swinery
swinestone
swing
swing band
swing both ways
swing bridge
swing by
swing door

WORDS THAT END LIKE SWINDLER

Adler
baggage handler
bundler
cuddler
dog handler
doodler
fiddler
fondler
huddler
hurdler
idler
luggage handler
muddler
peddler
pedler
riddler
saddler
ship chandler
ship´s chandler
sidler

Synonyms and antonyms of swindler in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SWINDLER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «swindler» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of swindler

Translation of «swindler» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SWINDLER

Find out the translation of swindler to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of swindler from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «swindler» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

骗子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

estafador
570 millions of speakers

English

swindler
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ठग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مشعوذ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мошенник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vigarista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতারক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

escroc
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penipu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Betrüger
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

詐欺師
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사기꾼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Swindler
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người lừa đảo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மோசக்காரன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ठिसूळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dolandırıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

imbroglione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oszust
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шахрай
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

escroc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απατεώνας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swendelaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

svindlare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

svindler
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of swindler

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SWINDLER»

The term «swindler» is regularly used and occupies the 78.401 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SWINDLER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about swindler

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3 QUOTES WITH «SWINDLER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word swindler.
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Alexei Navalny
The party of swindlers and thieves is putting forward its chief swindler and its chief thief for the presidency. We must vote against him, struggle against him.
2
David Suchet
A successful swindler has to be a great salesman even more than a great actor.
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Mitchell Zuckoff
Every swindle is driven by a desire for easy money; it's the one thing the swindler and the swindled have in common.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWINDLER»

Discover the use of swindler in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to swindler and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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"Yellow Kid" Weil: The Autobiography of America's Master ...
Everywhere the Yellow Kid looks he sees money—too bad it's yours.
J. R. Weil, 2011
2
A Swindler's Progress: Nobles and Convicts in the Age of Liberty
Part Regency mystery, part imperial history, A Swindler's Progress is an engrossing tale of adventure and deceit across two worldsâe"British aristocrats and Australian felonsâe"bound together in an emerging age of opportunity and ...
Kirsten McKenzie, 2009
3
The Swindler and Other Stories
When you come to reflect that there are only a few planks between you and the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, it makes you feel sort of pensive.
Ethel M. Dell, 1stworld Library, 2006
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Weaving: An Analysis of the Constitution of Objects
Weaving: An Analysis of the Constitution of Objects will be of interest to all philosophers working in contemporary philosophy, philosophy of language, logic, and metaphysics, and will serve as an excellent text for advanced undergraduate ...
J. K. Swindler, 1991
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Primate Dentition: An Introduction to the Teeth of Non-human ...
This book is a comparative dental anatomy of the teeth of living non-human primates that brings together information from many disciplines to present the most useful and comprehensive database possible in one consolidated text.
Daris R. Swindler, 2002
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New Britain Diary, 1954: An Anthropologist's Journal
An excellent glimpse into what anthropology was like in the not too-far distant past, Daris Swindler's six-month daily journal, written while on expedition to Melanesia from the University of Pennsylvania with Dr. Ward Goodenough and Dr. ...
Daris R. Swindler, 2007
7
Nothing Is Too Late: The Hunt for a Holocaust Swindler
Master con artist Lucian Kozminski is a Holocaust survivor who has bilked other survivors out of as much as $1 million in reparation funds paid to them by the German government.
Mark E. Kalmansohn, 2008
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The Swindler's Treasure
Lois Walfrid Johnson. who had entered the room. When Libby would have spoken, Peter put a finger across his lips as though to say, “Shhh!” Without giving Libby a chance to speak, Peter grabbed hold of her arm. Still with his back toward the ...
Lois Walfrid Johnson, 2013
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A Culturally Sensitive Examination of Sexual Harassment ...
This leads to the primary purpose of this paper, which was to examine variousracial-ethnic group differences pertaining to the perception, occurrence, acknowledgement, and measurement of sexual harassment.
Stephanie D. Swindler, 2007
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The Victim in International Perspective: Papers and Essays ...
The criminal takes advantage of the victim's weak point: his desire to make the most of an opportunity offered to him by the swindler and which he would not have discovered alone. Thus, the swindler has given him the opportunity to fulfill his ...
Hans Joachim Schneider, 1982

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWINDLER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term swindler is used in the context of the following news items.
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Swindler who fooled many women gets prison
MUSKEGON, Mich. – A west Michigan man has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison after women lined up to tell a judge how the swindler broke ... «Detroit Free Press, Jul 15»
2
Maine-Endwell Graduates Mourn Passing of Former Student
ENDWELL, N.Y -- Troopers in Pennsylvania say Seth Swindler, a member of Maine-Endwell's Class of 2013, was killed over the weekend when the mattress he ... «TWC News, Jul 15»
3
Swindler gets prison, ordered to pay almost $1 million
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Tigard businessman is set to voluntarily surrender to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons in September after he admitted to taking ... «Statesman Journal, Jun 15»
4
Swindler Gets Decade In Prison For Retirement Fraud
JACKSONVILLE ( CBSMiami/AP) — A federal judge handed down a 10-year sentence to a man who ran a financial scheme that defrauded 48 people out of ... «CBS Local, Jun 15»
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Review: Dean Jobb's Empire of Deception chronicles the thrilling …
Koretz, you see, was a swindler operating in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century, and quite good at his chosen profession. He was a Jewish émigré from the ... «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
6
'Sweetheart swindler' accused of taking $1.2M from elderly victim
A Chicago woman police are calling a “sweetheart swindler” is accused of deceiving an elderly man out of $1.2 million, telling him she needed the money for ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jun 15»
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Serial swindler pleads guilty in 2 cases, will face 19 women's scorn
Serial swindler admits lying to get woman's money Jeffrey Lucas, 34, pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of false pretenses $1,000-$20,000 for swindling women ... «MLive.com, May 15»
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Dallas Police: 'Sweetheart Swindler' Took $16K From Man With …
Police released video Friday of the suspected swindler talking to a person in a motorized wheelchair. He lost $16,000 until the woman stopped answering his ... «CBS Local, Apr 15»
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Spain: Gypsy groups protest 'swindler' definition in world's …
Spanish groups representing gypsies have launched a campaign to remove a reference to them as swindlers from the world's benchmark Spanish dictionary. «Fox News, Apr 15»
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Chinese swindler taken to court after 17 girlfriends meet each other
A playboy who had relations with 17 women was exposed after all his "girlfriends" finally met with each other, uncovering the man's schemes, the Hunan-based ... «AsiaOne, Apr 15»

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