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Noun: chiseler  chi-zu-lur
Usage: US, informal (elsewhere: chiseller)
  1. A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
    "The chiseler convinced investors to put money into a nonexistent company";
    - swindler, defrauder, chiseller [Brit, Cdn, informal], gouger [N. Amer, informal], scammer, grifter [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: chiselers

Type of: deceiver, slicker [informal], trickster

Encyclopedia: Chiseler