Meaning

1 senses
  1. (slang)A person who commits fraud by making dishonest scams and business deals: swindler, cheat, grifter.

    Schwindler, Schwindlerin

    мошенникmošennik, мошенницаmošennica

    зди́рникzdýrnyk, здира́чzdyráč, здира́чкаzdyráčka

    a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud

Examples

15 sentences
  1. Tom was too trusting and became a patsy for online scammers.

    Том був надто довірливим і став легкою здобиччю для онлайн-шахраїв.

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  2. The scammers demanded more money.

    Шахраї вимагали більше грошей.

    deDie Betrüger verlangten noch mehr Geld.

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  3. Sami was a magnet for scammers.

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  4. To catch a scammer, you have to think like a scammer.

    ruЧтобы поймать мошенника, надо думать как мошенник.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · ddnktr · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  5. They're just a bunch of scammers trying to keep their funding coming in.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Amastan · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

7 languages
Українська
swindler, cheat:
Русский
By meaning 1
swindler, cheat:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
swindler, cheat:

Forms

plural: scammers
Singularscammer
Pluralscammers

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedscam

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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