swindler

  • 131swindle — [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;… …

  • 132Murphy 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 …

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