defrauder

noun

Definition of defraudernext
as in cheat
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value the state's department of consumer protection has to contend with defrauders of every ilk

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  1. cheat
  2. dodger
  3. shark
Noun
  • By neglecting to impose a time or monkey limit on the experiment, the infinite monkey theorem essentially contains its own cheat code.
    Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Suarez felt like a cheat code in fantasy football that season.
    The Athletic UK Football Writers, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of cheat
Noun
  • While the move aimed at keeping counterfeiters and tax dodgers on the back foot appears at odds with the growing popularity of cash-free transactions by consumers and businesses, central bank and finance ministry officials continue to flag the enduring importance of paper money.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Asia, 3 July 2024
  • Indictment details In the indictment, the department’s tax attorneys portrayed Rotta as a perennial tax dodger.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
Definition of dodger
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  • Taxonomic charts on the walls borrow the aesthetic of science but are populated with terms from the history of art and absurd twists: a bird is labeled with the names of 20th-century avant-garde movements, a shark is juxtaposed with a rolling pin and a cola bottle.
    Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Unless Jordan got eaten by a shark or something like that, there was no catching him — and even the shark would've probably had a tough time catching him.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of shark
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