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# swindler

noun (swindlers)

«swindler» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A swindler is a person who cheats others, often to get their money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swindler/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, swindlers trick a king or a town into paying them for something that does not exist

### Examples

- The swindlers promised fine cloth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swindler/#x1)
- Don't trust that swindler at the fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swindler/#x2)
- The swindler ran off with the gold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swindler/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «swindler» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swindler/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«swindler» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/swindler.html) on Mova free.