swindler
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He is a swindler, a snob and a savage misanthrope.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
An already-tense relationship appeared to worsen further last week with Mr Altman taunting Mr Musk's offer on X, and Mr Musk retorting by calling his onetime partner a "swindler".
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2025
His father used the derisive German term “der Gauner,” which means crook or swindler.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025
And she draws comparisons to characters in her own village: the glint of triumph in the eye of a swindler reminds her of the face of the choirboy when he pocketed the collection.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2022
A picture emerged of an unstable deadbeat, swindler, and failed lawyer and lecturer.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
For now, the humble paper check remains too deeply woven into the fabric of American life to truly rest in peace — even if writing one means playing a riskier game with swindlers.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
“It gives us so much life that people are finding the issues of swindlers, whether it’s gentrification, the taking over of settlements,” says Montoya.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Sometimes they act on their own, she added, but more often they are recruited by professional swindlers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
Investigators tell Barron’s that they have already seen some common tactics in small-cap Chinese IPOs that will make it hard to identify potential swindlers.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
The ladylike Fox sisters did not seem like swindlers.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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