fraudster
noun
fraud·ster
ˈfrȯd-stər 
Examples of fraudster in a Sentence
an ingenious phishing operation that got him named the year's most inventive online fraudster
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These systems operate invisibly in the background, letting legitimate customers breeze through while stopping fraudsters cold.
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Jitender Jain, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Between January 2013 and May 2018, fraudsters manipulated Social Security direct deposit information to divert $33.5 million in benefits from 20,878 recipients, according to audits by the SSA's Office of the Inspector General.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
Of course, just like Social Security not being a fraud, and all government workers not being thieves, all corporations and all rich Americans aren’t fraudsters.
—Stanley S. Litow, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2025
Felonious Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes has launched another appeal of her conviction and sentence, claiming that a three-judge panel that shot down her first appeal in February was confused on one point, illogical on another, and made factual mistakes in hearing her case.
—Mercury News, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
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Jitender Jain, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Between January 2013 and May 2018, fraudsters manipulated Social Security direct deposit information to divert $33.5 million in benefits from 20,878 recipients, according to audits by the SSA's Office of the Inspector General.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
Of course, just like Social Security not being a fraud, and all government workers not being thieves, all corporations and all rich Americans aren’t fraudsters.
—Stanley S. Litow, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2025
Felonious Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes has launched another appeal of her conviction and sentence, claiming that a three-judge panel that shot down her first appeal in February was confused on one point, illogical on another, and made factual mistakes in hearing her case.
—Mercury News, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Fraudster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fraudster. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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