What is another word for swindlers?

Pronunciation: [swˈɪndləz] (IPA)

Swindlers are people who deceive or trick others out of their money or property. Synonyms for swindlers include fraudsters, scammers, conmen, charlatans, hustlers, hoaxers, cheats, tricksters, imposters, and grifters. Fraudsters are individuals who engage in fraudulent activities, while scammers use deceptive schemes to steal from others. Conmen are skilled at tricking people out of their money, while charlatans pretend to have knowledge or skills they do not possess. Hustlers are always looking for ways to make a quick buck, while hoaxers play practical jokes on others for their own amusement. Cheats deceive others in order to gain an advantage, while tricksters use cunning to achieve their goals. Imposters pretend to be someone they are not, while grifters use their charm to gain the trust of their victims before taking advantage of them.

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Usage examples for Swindlers

Dodson summoned his clerks to listen to this gross language, and said, "Perhaps you would like to call us swindlers."
"Bardell v. Pickwick"
Percy Fitzgerald
They were gold hunters, gamblers, swindlers.
"The Missourian"
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
Those bookmakers are nothing but swindlers, anyway.
"Shorty McCabe"
Sewell Ford

Famous quotes with Swindlers

  • We must frankly confess, then, using our empirical common sense and ordinary practical prejudices, that in the world that actually is, the virtues of sympathy, charity, and non-resistance may be, and often have been, manifested in excess. … You will agree to this in general, for in spite of the Gospel, in spite of Quakerism, in spite of Tolstoi, you believe in fighting fire with fire, in shooting down usurpers, locking up thieves, and freezing out vagabonds and swindlers.
    William James
  • There will always be liars, swindlers and charlatans. Hopefully there will also always be the modern Houdinis and the seekers of the truth, snapping at their heels and holding them to account.
    Derren Brown
  • When mercy was created, mercy existed.Out of a meaningless and pointless existence, we have made meaning and purpose; but since this creative act happens only when we relax after great strain, we feel it as 'pouring into us' from elsewhere.And when we as a species were ignorant enough to be duped in that way, the swindlers went one step further, invented original sin and other horrors of that sort, and made us even more 'dependent' upon them.
    Robert Anton Wilson

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