as in cheat
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
an ingenious phishing operation that got him named the year's most inventive online fraudster
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Recent Examples of fraudster
Researchers also found links to entities mentioned in the Paradise Papers, suggesting these fraudsters are hiding behind offshore infrastructure.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2025
On the one hand, it’s given the fraudsters powerful new weapons.
—Ashish Bhardwaj, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
How ‘easy money’ from Uncle Sam made Miami a feast for PPP fraudsters
FBI Miami’s Area Corruption Task Force, along with the City of Miami Police Department and SBA’s Office of the Inspector General, investigated Liptrot.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025
The former politician was one of seven people granted clemency Wednesday — including tax-evading, fraudster reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley and former New York Congressman Michael Grimm, a Staten Island representative who served seven months in prison, also for tax evasion.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 29 May 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2025
On the one hand, it’s given the fraudsters powerful new weapons.
—Ashish Bhardwaj, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
How ‘easy money’ from Uncle Sam made Miami a feast for PPP fraudsters
FBI Miami’s Area Corruption Task Force, along with the City of Miami Police Department and SBA’s Office of the Inspector General, investigated Liptrot.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025
The former politician was one of seven people granted clemency Wednesday — including tax-evading, fraudster reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley and former New York Congressman Michael Grimm, a Staten Island representative who served seven months in prison, also for tax evasion.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fraudster
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As for the other goodies in this collection, each game has a handy rewind function, as well as cheats and all manner of screen filters.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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Which is why when Lowe − an avid follower of the low-carb Atkins diet for decades and the diet's brand spokesperson since 2018 − has an occasional cheat day, all bets are off.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
13 June 2025
Noun
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Try, try again Speaking of classes, the eight options here tend to fall into the usual archetypes for this kind of action-adventure game: the tank, the mage, the defensive specialist, the dextrous dodger, etc.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2025
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The layoffs of roughly 7,000 Internal Revenue Service probationary workers beginning this week probably mean the end of the agency’s plan to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collection, experts say.—
Fatima Hussein,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Working-class residents battle with an upper-class outsider regarding the best way to kill the shark.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2025
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Methylmercury accumulates up the food chain, so apex predators such as sharks, tuna and swordfish have the highest concentrations.—
Tara Haelle,
Scientific American,
25 June 2025
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“Fraudster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fraudster. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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