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swindler
(encz) | swindler,podvodník n: Zdeněk Brož |
Swindler
(gcide) | Swindler \Swin"dler\, n. [G. schwindler, fr. schwindlen to be
dizzy, to act thoughtlessly, to cheat, fr. schwindel
dizziness, fr. schwinden to vanish, to disappear, to dwindle.
See Swim to be dizzy.]
One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a
practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate
artifice; a cheat.
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Syn: Sharper; rogue.
Usage: Swindler, Sharper. These words agree in describing
persons who take unfair advantages. A swindler is one
who obtains money or goods under false pretenses. A
sharper is one who cheats by sharp practice, as in
playing at cards or staking what he can not pay.
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Fraud and injustice soon follow, and the dignity
of the British merchant is sunk in the
scandalous appellation of a swindler. --V. Knox.
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Perhaps you 'll think I act the same
As a sly sharper plays his game. --Cotton.
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swindler
(wn) | swindler
n 1: a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
[syn: swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler,
gouger, scammer, grifter] |
SWINDLER
(bouvier) | SWINDLER, criminal law. A cheat; one guilty of defrauding divers persons. 1
Term Rep. 748; 2 H. Blackst. 531; Stark. on Sland. 135.
2. Swindling is usually applied to a transaction, where the guilty
party procures the delivery to him, under a pretended contract, of the
personal property of another, with the felonious design of appropriating it
to his own use. 2 Russell on Crimes, 130; Alison, Prine. Cr. Law of
Scotland, 250; Mass. 406.
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Swindler
(gcide) | Swindler \Swin"dler\, n. [G. schwindler, fr. schwindlen to be
dizzy, to act thoughtlessly, to cheat, fr. schwindel
dizziness, fr. schwinden to vanish, to disappear, to dwindle.
See Swim to be dizzy.]
One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a
practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate
artifice; a cheat.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Sharper; rogue.
Usage: Swindler, Sharper. These words agree in describing
persons who take unfair advantages. A swindler is one
who obtains money or goods under false pretenses. A
sharper is one who cheats by sharp practice, as in
playing at cards or staking what he can not pay.
[1913 Webster]
Fraud and injustice soon follow, and the dignity
of the British merchant is sunk in the
scandalous appellation of a swindler. --V. Knox.
[1913 Webster]
Perhaps you 'll think I act the same
As a sly sharper plays his game. --Cotton.
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Swindlery
(gcide) | Swindlery \Swin"dler*y\, n.
Swindling; rougery. [R.] "Swindlery and blackguardism."
--Carlyle.
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SWINDLER
(bouvier) | SWINDLER, criminal law. A cheat; one guilty of defrauding divers persons. 1
Term Rep. 748; 2 H. Blackst. 531; Stark. on Sland. 135.
2. Swindling is usually applied to a transaction, where the guilty
party procures the delivery to him, under a pretended contract, of the
personal property of another, with the felonious design of appropriating it
to his own use. 2 Russell on Crimes, 130; Alison, Prine. Cr. Law of
Scotland, 250; Mass. 406.
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