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)
