English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Schwindler [1] .
Pronunciation
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Noun
swindler (plural swindlers )
A person who swindles , cheats or defrauds .
Synonyms
Translations
person who swindles, cheats or defrauds
Catalan: estafador m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 騙子 / 骗子 (zh) ( piànzi ) , 骗子 (zh) ( piànzi ) , 江湖騙子 / 江湖骗子 (zh) ( jiānghú piànzi ) , 江湖骗子 (zh) ( jiānghú piànzi )
Dutch: zwendelaar (nl) m , zwendelaarster (nl) f
Finnish: huijari (fi) , petkuttaja (fi)
French: escroc (fr) m , aigrefin (fr) m , margoulin (fr) m
Galician: moinante (gl) m , estafador m
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) , svindler (hu) , szélhámos (hu)
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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 )
Latin: fraudātor m
Norman: aigrefîn m
Portuguese: caloteiro (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 m , chapucero (es) m ( Mexico, familiar ) , defraudador m , engañabobos (es) , trapacero m
Swedish: svindlare (sv)
Tagalog: balasubas
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