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

Derived forms: chisellers

Type of: deceiver, slicker [informal], trickster

Encyclopedia: Chiseller