fraudster
noun
fraud·ster
ˈfrȯd-stər 
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an ingenious phishing operation that got him named the year's most inventive online fraudster
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Americans reportedly lose over $1 billion annually to these fraudsters.
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 8 Sep. 2025
Frizer and Skeres were fraudsters, and the sinister Poley was an informer, crucial to the exposure of the Babington Plot.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Hulu offered Jenner Furst and Julia Willoughby Nason's Fyre Fraud, which boasted an interview with McFarland himself that ultimately proved controversial when it was revealed the fraudster was paid for his time.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
And just a few months before that, during a brutal heatwave, Free Press Personal Finance Columnist Susan Tompor wrote about a twist in which fraudsters used the internet to post fake numbers leading customers to the thieves.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 8 Sep. 2025
Frizer and Skeres were fraudsters, and the sinister Poley was an informer, crucial to the exposure of the Babington Plot.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Hulu offered Jenner Furst and Julia Willoughby Nason's Fyre Fraud, which boasted an interview with McFarland himself that ultimately proved controversial when it was revealed the fraudster was paid for his time.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
And just a few months before that, during a brutal heatwave, Free Press Personal Finance Columnist Susan Tompor wrote about a twist in which fraudsters used the internet to post fake numbers leading customers to the thieves.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fraudster
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“Fraudster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fraudster. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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