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
Orgon, a wealthy bourgeois who has taken a much younger second wife, signs over his soul to Tartuffe, a lecherous swindler who poses as a saint while pursuing a diabolical agenda.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024
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
And if you held any sympathetic feelings for this greedy, sweaty-jowled, incompetent swindler, then abandon them here.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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