swindlers

noun

plural of swindler
as in cheats
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value the swindlers, representing themselves as land developers, produced a glossy brochure showing beaches, palm trees, and golf links

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Recent Examples of swindlers The decade ended tumultuously, with the Osmond family’s fortune drained by a series of swindlers and grifters. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026 This scam, according to Kent, could be proliferated with the use of AI, which can allow swindlers to enroll in many different college programs at once. — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026 Good afternoon and welcome to Con Con, the convention for swindlers, mountebanks, and the people who love them. — Henry Alford, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025 Serial swindlers and men prone to violence are among the seven people Colorado’s gambling regulators have banned for life from casinos since the state created a system last year for barring problem bettors. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025 Meanwhile, posing as the original customer, the swindlers cancelled the order to get a refund. — Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 Some swindlers thumb their nose at both and keep their cons going. — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025 Sign them up Before long, the swindlers will pivot to a discussion of investing. — Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 19 Sep. 2022
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  1. cheats
  2. dodgers
  3. sharks
Noun
  • Sometimes, the fourth-grader asks Robo-Dad for Minecraft cheats.
    — Ella Chakarian, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2026
  • Her most notable reporting has been about taxes, including exposing billionaire tax cheats and writing cover stories on tax shelters (corporate and individual), tax evasion, and tax policy.
    — Forbes Membership, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026
Definition of cheats
Noun
  • Ukraine faces severe personnel shortages with around 200,000 military desertions and 2 million draft-dodgers, threatening its ability to sustain the war against Russia’s 2022 invasion.
    — Kirsten Grieshaber, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
  • But my collection intentionally ignored the fraudulent exploits of billionaire heirs, tax dodgers and corporate magnates — defense contracts, government lobbying, bank accounts in Switzerland, shell companies in Panama, citizenship of Antigua and political asylum in London.
    — Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Definition of dodgers
Noun
  • Ayres studies sharks but observing orcas that preyed on sharks in the Gulf of California sparked her interest in killer whale behavior.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
  • Part of what makes the conflict intractable is who is not harvesting these sharks.
    — Kate Waxman, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2026
Definition of sharks

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