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Noun: swindler  swin-du-lu(r)
  1. 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