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fraudster en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɹɑdstɚ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈfɹɔdstɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈfɹɔːdstə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English fraude English fraud Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English fraudster From fraud + -ster.

Meanings

  1. A person who carries out fraud; a swindler.
    • 2016 Eric Andrew-Gee Why and how Ontarians change their names in the 21st century The Globe and Mail With a few exceptions, all those changes were published in the Ontario Gazette, a little-read compendium of government business that comes out every week. The province requires this by law, as do most Canadian jurisdictions, nominally to thwart fraudsters and deadbeats.
    • Northern has made it harder for fraudsters to cheat checks on barcode season tickets. The operator has made it impossible for people to screenshot tickets from within the Northern app and then share the tickets for others to use. 2023 February 22, “Network News: Northern thwarts barcode cheats”, in RAIL, number 977, page 25:
    • CPS MerseyCheshire welcomes the jailing of Helen Dove who conned her friend into giving up her job for a dream post that never existed. Kimberley McDonnell lost around £50,000 because of the fraudster. 2020 January 29, “Woman jailed for conning her friend into giving up her job for a dream post that never existed”, in CPS Mersey-Cheshire, London: Crown Prosecution Service, retrieved 30 Jan 2020:

Forms

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fraudsters Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

fraudstress · e-fraudster · cyberfraudster

Holonyms

swell mob

Hypernyms

deceiver · criminal · thief

Hyponyms

confidence trickster · cyberfraudster · four-flusher · hustler · three-card trickster · thimblerigger · sandbagger · impostor · gypster · click farmer · e-fraudster

Relateds

deadbeat · Category:Fraudsters on Wikipedia.Wikipedia · pathological liar · confabulator · pious fraud · dupe · deceive

Synonyms

Scandaroon · finagler · fraudster · trapan · rook · landshark · pickpenny · schemester · goldbrick · bunco-steerer · gyp · trepan · cheater · defrauder · scamp · gull · humbug · fleecer · chiseler · fraudmeister · scammer · cozener · fraud · sharper · charlatan · cheat · grifter · slicker · jackal · spieler · swindler

Translations (28)

gl pufista (a person who practices fraud) · ml വഞ്ചകൻ (a person who practices fraud) · mi kaitāware (a person who practices fraud) · oc fraudaire (a person who practices fraud) · ml ചതിയൻ (a person who practices fraud) · eo fraŭdisto (a person who practices fraud) · es estafador (a person who practices fraud) · la fraudātor (a person who practices fraud) · de Schwindler (a person who practices fraud) · gl estafador (a person who practices fraud) · de Betrüger (a person who practices fraud) · ca defraudador (a person who practices fraud) · fi huijari (a person who practices fraud) · de Fälscher (a person who practices fraud) · sw tapeli (a person who practices fraud) · fr fraudeur (a person who practices fraud) · id penipu (a person who practices fraud) · es defraudador (a person who practices fraud) · el κομπιναδόρος (a person who practices fraud) · el απατεώνας (a person who practices fraud) · io fraudanto (a person who practices fraud) · io fraudero (a person who practices fraud) · sv bedragare (a person who practices fraud) · ota آینهجی (a person who practices fraud) · ko 사기꾼 (a person who practices fraud) · hu szélhámos (a person who practices fraud) · ca estafador (a person who practices fraud) · hu csaló (a person who practices fraud)