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单词 swindler
释义

swindlern.

Brit. /ˈswɪndlə/, U.S. /ˈswɪn(də)lər/
Etymology: Apparently < German Schwindler person making extravagant and unrealistic plans (especially in money matters), cheat (although apparently first attested slightly later in this sense: 1773 or earlier; mid 17th cent. in sense ‘person suffering from dizziness or vertigo’) < schwindeln to act thoughtlessly or extravagantly, to cheat, to defraud, specific sense development of schwindeln to be dizzy or giddy (Middle High German swindeln , Old High German swintilōn : see below) + -er -er suffix1. Compare slightly earlier swindle v.Further etymology of the German verb. Old High German swintilōn is < swintan to waste away, to languish, to lose consciousness (see swind v.) + -ilōn -le suffix. Compare the Germanic nouns in sense ‘dizziness, vertigo’ cited at swindle n.2, and also (with different suffix) the deverbal noun Old High German swintilōd dizziness, vertigo. Early history in English. N.E.D. (1919) comments that this word is ‘originally a cant word’ and suggests that it was ‘introduced into London by German Jews about 1762’; however, there is no evidence to support this suggestion, although compare quot. 1778 at swindle n.3 1.
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).
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