Thesaurus results for FRAUDSTERS

fraudsters

noun

plural of fraudster, chiefly British

as in cheats

a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value an ingenious phishing operation that got him named the year's most inventive online fraudster

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Recent Examples of fraudsters The fraudsters used deepfakes to pose as the company’s chief financial officer on a video call. — Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026 Amid all the con artists and fraudsters this century has produced, Holmes is the one who fascinates us the most. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 Trump puts fraudsters on notice with $25M whistleblower program offering cash for tips that deliver. — FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Fraud at the federal, state, or local level must be rooted out and fraudsters must be prosecuted, convicted, and sent to prison. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 Every user who logs in is a user whose account the fraudsters now own. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026 The schemes often use fictitious romantic relationships to persuade victims to transfer money to an investment opportunity recommended by the fraudsters. — Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026 Earlier this week, news broke that the CFTC is investigating Polymarket after finding that fraudsters tried to steal at least $10 million from the platform. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026 Unfortunately, residential proxies let fraudsters fake just that, giving them access to the same high-speed lane as legitimate users. — Dan Pinto, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Democrats passed significant funding for the IRS to go after wealthy tax cheats, which was repealed by Republicans.

— WCCO Staff, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
The Trasks encounter a wide swath of citizens, haggling with sneaky cheats, exploiting innocent fools, and befriending big-hearted neighbors.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of cheats

Noun

The White House is now cracking down on these tariff dodgers.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
Ukraine faces severe personnel shortages with around 200,000 military desertions and 2 million draft-dodgers, threatening its ability to sustain the war against Russia’s 2022 invasion.

— Kirsten Grieshaber, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026

Definition of dodgers

Noun

That’s a true story, although historians are still debating how many of the sailors died of exposure and how many were actually killed by sharks.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
As summer wraps up and fall creeps in, the sharks return south.

— Asia London Palomba, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of sharks

Noun

The decade ended tumultuously, with the Osmond family’s fortune drained by a series of swindlers and grifters.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
This scam, according to Kent, could be proliferated with the use of AI, which can allow swindlers to enroll in many different college programs at once.

— Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026

Definition of swindlers

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