Word of the day: Swindler

Swindler: caloteiro, logrador, trapaceiro.

Synonyms: beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, fiddle, gaff, hose, hustle, pluck, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skunk, squeeze, stick fleece, victimize

“Bernie Madoff: swindler, liar and now … jailhouse braggart.”(www.thedailybeast.com)

“Hundreds of people were swindled out of their savings, and all they had to show for it were fake land deeds.” (www.merriam-webster.com)