swindler

See also: Swindler

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schwindler, 1774.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈswɪnd.lə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ)

Noun

swindler (plural swindlers)

1. A person who swindles, cheats or defrauds.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:deceiver, Thesaurus:fraudster

   • 1908, The Scrap Book: Second Section, volume V, page 637:

     But I got somethin’ to say bearin’ on that swindler who got what was comin’ to him.

   • 2017 June 23, Max Byrd, “A Trip to Southern Italy to Shed Light on a Family Scandal”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     There’s good reason to worry. In an earlier memoir, “Five-Finger Discount,” Stapinski recreated the terrifying world of swindlers, embezzlers, burglars and mobster wannabes who made up her extended Jersey City family.

Translations

person who swindles, cheats or defrauds

• Arabic: مُحْتَال (muḥtāl)
• Azerbaijani: fırıldaqçı (az)
• Catalan: estafador m, estafadora f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 騙子 / 骗子 (zh) (piànzi), 江湖騙子 / 江湖骗子 (zh) (jiānghú piànzi)

• Czech: podvodník (cs) m, šejdíř (cs) m, švindlíř m
• Dutch: zwendelaar (nl) m, zwendelaarster (nl) f
• Esperanto: fikomercisto
• Finnish: huijari (fi), petkuttaja (fi)
• French: escroc (fr) m, aigrefin (fr) m, margoulin (fr) m
• Galician: moinante (gl) m, estafador m, caloteiro
• German: Schwindler (de) m, Schwindlerin (de) f, Gauner (de) m, Gaunerin (de) f, Betrüger (de) m, Betrügerin (de) f
• Greek: κομπιναδόρος (el) m (kompinadóros)

  Ancient: φέναξ m (phénax)

• Hungarian: csaló (hu), szélhámos (hu), svindler (hu), (concerning marriage) szédelgő (hu)
• Indonesian: penipu (id), bajingan (id) (pejorative), pecundang (id)
• Italian: ingannatore (it) m, defraudatore m, ciarlatano (it) m, gabbatore m, truffatore (it) m
• Japanese: 詐欺師 (ja) (さぎし, sagishi)
• Kazakh: алаяқ (kk) (alaäq)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: hîleker (ku) m or f, xapîner (ku) m or f

• Ladino: dalaveradji, batakchi, kazikchi
• Latin: fraudātor m
• Macedonian: измамник m (izmamnik), трчилаж m (trčilaž)
• Maori: kaitāware
• Marathi: ठग m (ṭhag), (पैसे) उपटणारा m ((paise) upaṭṇārā), उपट्या m (upaṭyā)
• Norman: aigrefîn m
• Plautdietsch: Schwindla n
• Polish: szuler (pl) m, oszust (pl) m
• Portuguese: caloteiro (pt) m, estelionatário (pt) m
• Russian: моше́нник (ru) m (mošénnik), моше́нница (ru) f (mošénnica), жу́лик (ru) m (žúlik), афери́ст (ru) m (aferíst), афери́стка (ru) f (aferístka)
• Spanish: estafador (es) m, chapucero (es) m (Mexico, familiar), defraudador (es) m, engañabobos (es), trapacero m
• Swahili: mlaghai (sw)
• Swedish: svindlare (sv) c
• Tagalog: balasubas
• Turkish: dolandırıcı (tr)
• Welsh: twyllwr m, twyllwraig f
• Yiddish: שווינדלער m (shvindler)

Further reading

• swindler on Wikipedia.Wikipedia