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swindler
騙子
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Swin·dler
n.
One
who
swindles
,
or
defrauds
grossly
;
one
who
makes
a
practice
of
defrauding
others
by
imposition
or
deliberate
artifice
;
a
cheat
.
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
.
Fraud
and
injustice
soon
follow
,
and
the
dignity
of
the
British
merchant
is
sunk
in
the
scandalous
appellation
of
a
swindler
.
--
V
.
Knox
.
Perhaps
you
'
ll
think
I
act
the
same
As
a
sly
sharper
plays
his
game
. --
Cotton
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
swindler
n
:
a
person
who
swindles
you
by
means
of
deception
or
fraud
[
syn
:
chiseller
,
chiseler
,
gouger
,
scammer
,
grifter
,
sharper
,
sharpie
,
sharpy
]
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