fraudster

noun

fraud·​ster ˈfrȯd-stər How to pronounce fraudster (audio)
chiefly British
: a person who engages in fraud : cheat

Examples of fraudster in a Sentence

an ingenious phishing operation that got him named the year's most inventive online fraudster
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This reduces the chances of fraudsters accessing your accounts. Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 26 Jan. 2025 His plan called for using AI to better detect fraud, implementing tougher penalties for fraudsters, creating a centralized state fraud investigations unit and beefing up the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud unit. Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 23 Jan. 2025 The road to recovery will be painful, confusing and riddled with fraudsters. Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025 The citizens of the United States have been sold out, misinformed and traumatized by the current crop of public health fraudsters. Josh Mazer, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for fraudster 

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fraudster was in 1877

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“Fraudster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fraudster. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.

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