"swindler" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈswɪnd.lə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-swindler.wav Forms: swindlers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from German Schwindler, 1774. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|de|Schwindler}} Borrowed from German Schwindler Head templates: {{en-noun}} swindler (plural swindlers)
  1. A person who swindles, cheats or defrauds. Categories (topical): Crime, People Synonyms: deceiver, fraudster Translations (person who swindles, cheats or defrauds): φέναξ (phénax) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), fırıldaqçı (Azerbaijani), estafador [masculine] (Catalan), estafadora [feminine] (Catalan), 騙子 (Chinese Mandarin), 骗子 (piànzi) (Chinese Mandarin), 江湖騙子 (Chinese Mandarin), 江湖骗子 (jiānghú piànzi) (Chinese Mandarin), podvodník [masculine] (Czech), šejdíř [masculine] (Czech), švindlíř [masculine] (Czech), zwendelaar [masculine] (Dutch), zwendelaarster [feminine] (Dutch), fikomercisto (Esperanto), huijari (Finnish), petkuttaja (Finnish), escroc [masculine] (French), aigrefin [masculine] (French), margoulin [masculine] (French), moinante [masculine] (Galician), estafador [masculine] (Galician), caloteiro (Galician), Schwindler [masculine] (German), Schwindlerin [feminine] (German), Gauner [masculine] (German), Gaunerin [feminine] (German), Betrüger [masculine] (German), Betrügerin [feminine] (German), κομπιναδόρος (kompinadóros) [masculine] (Greek), csaló (Hungarian), szélhámos (Hungarian), svindler (Hungarian), szédelgő (english: concerning marriage) (Hungarian), penipu (Indonesian), bajingan [pejorative] (Indonesian), pecundang (Indonesian), ingannatore [masculine] (Italian), defraudatore [masculine] (Italian), ciarlatano [masculine] (Italian), gabbatore [masculine] (Italian), truffatore [masculine] (Italian), 詐欺師 (sagishi) (alt: さぎし) (Japanese), алаяқ (alaäq) (Kazakh), dalaveradji (Ladino), batakchi (Ladino), kazikchi (Ladino), fraudātor [masculine] (Latin), измамник (izmamnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), kaitāware (Maori), ठग (ṭhag) [masculine] (Marathi), उपटणारा (alt: पैसे) [masculine] (Marathi), उपट्या (upaṭyā) [masculine] (Marathi), aigrefîn [masculine] (Norman), Schwindla [neuter] (Plautdietsch), szuler [masculine] (Polish), oszust [masculine] (Polish), caloteiro [masculine] (Portuguese), estelionatário [masculine] (Portuguese), моше́нник (mošénnik) [masculine] (Russian), моше́нница (mošénnica) [feminine] (Russian), жу́лик (žúlik) [masculine] (Russian), афери́ст (aferíst) [masculine] (Russian), афери́стка (aferístka) [feminine] (Russian), estafador [masculine] (Spanish), chapucero [Mexico, familiar, masculine] (Spanish), defraudador [masculine] (Spanish), engañabobos (Spanish), trapacero [masculine] (Spanish), mlaghai (Swahili), svindlare [common-gender] (Swedish), balasubas (Tagalog), dolandırıcı (Turkish), twyllwr [masculine] (Welsh), twyllwraig [feminine] (Welsh), שווינדלער (shvindler) [masculine] (Yiddish)

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          "ref": "1908, The Scrap Book: Second Section, volume V, page 637:",
          "text": "But I got somethin’ to say bearin’ on that swindler who got what was comin’ to him.",
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          "text": "There’s good reason to worry. In an earlier memoir, “Five-Finger Discount,” Stapinski recreated the terrifying world of swindlers, embezzlers, burglars and mobster wannabes who made up her extended Jersey City family.",
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          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
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          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
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          "word": "fikomercisto"
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          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "word": "huijari"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "word": "petkuttaja"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "escroc"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "aigrefin"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "margoulin"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "moinante"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "estafador"
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "word": "caloteiro"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
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          "word": "Schwindlerin"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Gauner"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Gaunerin"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Betrüger"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Betrügerin"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kompinadóros",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "κομπιναδόρος"
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          "roman": "phénax",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "φέναξ"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "word": "csaló"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "word": "szélhámos"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "word": "svindler"
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          "english": "concerning marriage",
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          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bajingan"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "word": "pecundang"
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          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
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          "word": "ingannatore"
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          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
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          "word": "defraudatore"
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          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
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          "word": "ciarlatano"
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          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
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          "word": "gabbatore"
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          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
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          "word": "truffatore"
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          "alt": "さぎし",
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          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "word": "詐欺師"
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          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
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          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
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          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
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          "word": "fraudātor"
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          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "word": "kaitāware"
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          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "ṭhag",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
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          "word": "ठग"
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          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "उपटणारा"
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          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "upaṭyā",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
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          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
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          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
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          "word": "Schwindla"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "szuler"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "oszust"
        },
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "petkuttaja"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escroc"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "aigrefin"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "gl",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
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      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "szédelgő"
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      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "word": "penipu"
    },
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bajingan"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
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      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ingannatore"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "defraudatore"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ciarlatano"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gabbatore"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "truffatore"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sagishi",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "word": "詐欺師"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "alaäq",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "word": "алаяқ"
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      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "word": "dalaveradji"
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      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "word": "batakchi"
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    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "word": "kazikchi"
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      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fraudātor"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "izmamnik",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "измамник"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "word": "kaitāware"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "ṭhag",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ठग"
    },
    {
      "alt": "पैसे",
      "code": "mr",
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      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "उपटणारा"
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    {
      "code": "mr",
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      "roman": "upaṭyā",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "उपट्या"
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szuler"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oszust"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caloteiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estelionatário"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mošénnik",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "моше́нник"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "mošénnica",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "моше́нница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žúlik",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "жу́лик"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "aferíst",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "афери́ст"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "aferístka",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "афери́стка"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "familiar",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chapucero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "defraudador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "word": "engañabobos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trapacero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "word": "mlaghai"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "svindlare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "word": "balasubas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "word": "dolandırıcı"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "twyllwr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "twyllwraig"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shvindler",
      "sense": "person who swindles, cheats or defrauds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שווינדלער"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swindler"
}

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  "subsection": "noun",
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