Noun: swindler swin-du-lu(r)
- A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
"The swindler convinced investors to put money into a nonexistent company";
- defrauder, chiseller [Brit, Cdn, informal], chiseler [US, informal], gouger [N. Amer, informal], scammer, grifter [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: swindlers
Type of: deceiver, slicker [informal], trickster
Encyclopedia: Swindler