单词 | swindler |
释义 | swindlern. A person who uses deception, trickery, etc., to obtain or take something, esp. money; a confidence trickster, a fraudster. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] feature14.. frauderc1475 prowler1519 lurcher1528 defrauder1552 frauditor1553 taker-upc1555 verserc1555 fogger1564 Jack-in-the-box1570 gilenyer1590 foist1591 rutter1591 crossbiter1592 sharker1594 shark1600 bat-fowler1602 cheater1606 foister1610 operator1611 fraudsman1613 projector1615 smoke-sellera1618 decoy1618 firkera1626 scandaroon1631 snapa1640 cunning shaver1652 knight of industrya1658 chouse1658 cheat1664 sharper1681 jockey1683 rooker1683 fool-finder1685 rookster1697 sheep-shearer1699 bubbler1720 gyp1728 bite1742 swindler1770 pigeon1780 mace1781 gouger1790 needle1790 fly-by-night1796 sharp1797 skinner1797 diddler1803 mace cove1811 mace-gloak1819 macer1819 flat-catcher1821 moonlight wanderer1823 burner1838 Peter Funk1840 Funk1842 pigeoner1849 maceman1850 bester1856 fiddler1857 highway robber1874 bunco-steerer1875 swizzler1876 forty1879 flim-flammer1881 chouser1883 take-down1888 highbinder1890 fraud1895 Sam Slick1897 grafter1899 come-on1905 verneuker1905 gypster1917 chiseller1918 tweedler1925 rorter1926 gazumper1932 chizzer1935 sharpie1942 sharpster1942 slick1959 slickster1965 rip-off artist1968 shonky1970 rip-off merchant1971 1770 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 18 May It is to be wished that no one instance of the Courts of Judicature rejecting the bail of swindlers of notes..and other imposters, should escape the public papers. a1822 P. B. Shelley Peter Bell III ii, in Poet. Wks. (?1840) 239/1 A swindler, living as he can. 1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars iii. 159 The swindler always thinks his victim a fool. 1926 Nation (N.Y.) 23 Mar. 325/1 The forgery was not the plot of a gang of swindlers acting for merely selfish interests but..had other superpersonal purposes. 1946 Consumers' Guide (U.S.) May 16/1 Job-hungry GI's and gadget happy housewives make shining targets for swindlers. 2001 M. Leapman World for Shilling (2002) viii. 201 Galbie's investigations took him to the race meeting at Epsom, which he was sure would attract low-lifers and swindlers of every kind. Derivatives ˈswindlerdom n. [compare earlier swindledom n.] rare swindlers collectively. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > collectively swindlerdom1865 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Aug. 9/1 The enterprise of London Swindlerdom seems to be illimitable. 1903 Nation 16 Apr. 303/1 Possibly as our population becomes less homogeneous and such dangerous elements as the foreign criminal societies are added to the ranks of mere swindlerdom, we shall have to forego some of our happy-go-lucky republican ways. ˈswindlership n. rare the status or condition of being a swindler. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > condition of swindlership1862 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xii. xi. 341 What is truth, falsity, human Kingship, human Swindlership? 2004 T. Paijmans Free Energy Pioneer ii. 52 There were those who thought of Keely as a mere swindler and as a consequence saw swindlers everywhere connected in a sinister conspiracy of swindlership. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1770 |
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