swindler
121swindle — 1782 (v.); 1833 (n.), back formation from SWINDLER (Cf. swindler). Related: Swindled; swindling …
122sharper — sharp·er || ʃɑrpÉ™r /ʃɑËpÉ™ n. swindler, cheater; professional gambler ʃɑrp /ʃɑËp n. something sharp; sewing needle; sharper; swindler, cheater; professional gambler; musical tone half a step higher than a given note; mark indicating… …
123swindle — verb use deception to deprive of money or possessions. ↘obtain fraudulently. noun a fraudulent scheme or action. Derivatives swindler noun Origin C18: back form. from swindler, from Ger. Schwindler, from schwindeln be giddy , also tell lies …
124crook — n 1. hook, angle, dogleg, hairpin turn; curve, curvature, incurvature, incurvation, bow, arc, turn, twist, tortuosity; bend, bending, flexion, flexure, fold, inflection. 2.Informal. swindler, thief, embezzler, confidence man, U.S. Sl. con man,… …
125shark — n 1. swindler, cheat, cheater, fraud, highbinder, confidence man, Sl. con man, Sl. flimflam man, bunko artist, crook, chiseler; sharper, Sl. city slicker, Inf. fast talker, Inf. hawk. See swindler. 2.Slang. expert, adept, master, professional,… …
126sharper — n swindler, highbinder, cheat, cheater, fraud, defrauder, confidence man, Sl. con man, sharpie. See swindler …
127swindle — [c]/ˈswɪndl / (say swindl) verb (swindled, swindling) –verb (t) 1. to cheat (a person) out of money, etc. 2. to obtain by fraud or deceit. –verb (i) 3. to put forward plausible schemes or use unscrupulous artifice to defraud others; cheat;… …
128Murphy game — ☆ Murphy game n. [? after a 19th c. confidence man of that name] a confidence game in which the victim pays the swindler (Murphy Man) for something, as the services of a prostitute, which the swindler promises but the victim never receives …
