swindler

Plural: swindlers

Noun

• One who takes money or property by fraudulent means.
• a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
• A person who swindles, cheats or defrauds.

Examples

• The swindler tried to sneak an invalid word onto the Words With Friends board, but was caught.

Synonyms

chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, Scandaroon, Spanish athlete, bamboozler, bouncer, bullshitter, bunco-steerer, charlatan, cheat, cheater, cogger, cony-catcher, cozener, crammer, deceiver, deceptor, fabricator, fabulist, falser, finagler, fleecer, fraud, fraudmeister, fraudster, gabber, goldbrick, guiler, gull, gyp, humbug, landshark, liar, losenger, mocker, pickpenny, pseudologist, rook, scamp, schemester, shammer, sharper, slicker, spieler, swike, swindler, trapan, treacher, trepan, trickster, trucker, wernard