Swindler /(?)/

Swin·dler

Swindler

n.
  1. One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat.
    Fraud and injustice soon follow, and the dignity of the British merchant is sunk in the scandalous appellation of a swindler.
    — V. Knox.
    Perhaps you 'll think I act the same As a sly sharper plays his game.
    — Cotton.