Thesaurus results for SWINDLERS

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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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

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The White House is now cracking down on these tariff dodgers.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
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

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The practice of cutting fins off live sharks and throwing the carcasses back into the sea is banned in much of the Pacific Ocean, but persists due to demand in East and Southeast Asia.

— CBS News, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
DeRisi told me how, a few years ago, there was a large die-off of leopard sharks in the San Francisco Bay.

— Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026

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