Chiseler (Noun)
Meaning
A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The chiseler sold me a fake watch and disappeared with my money before I even realized it was a scam.
- He was a notorious chiseler who preyed on unsuspecting tourists in the city.
- The police were looking for the chiseler who had been running a Ponzi scheme in the neighborhood.
- She was shocked to discover that her business partner was a chiseler who had been embezzling funds from their company.
- The chiseler's victims were mostly elderly people who had trusted him with their life savings.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Clip Artist
- Con Artist
- Sharpy
- Sharper
- Card Sharp
- Con Man
- Confidence Man
- Card Shark
- Cardsharper
- Sharpie
- Welsher
- Cardsharp
- Welcher