noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American:/ˈfɹɔdstɚ/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈfɹɔːdstə/
cot-caught-merger:/ˈfɹɑdstɚ/
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noun
Meaning 1
A person who carries out fraud; a swindler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
2016 Eric Andrew-Gee Why and how Ontarians change their names in the 21st century The Globe and Mail With a few exceptions, all those changes were published in the Ontario Gazette, a little-read compendium of government business that comes out every week. The province requires this by law, as do most Canadian jurisdictions, nominally to thwart fraudsters and deadbeats.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English fraud Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English fraudster From fraud + -ster.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
estafador
— a person who practices fraud
Catalan:
defraudador
— a person who practices fraud
Esperanto:
fraŭdisto
— a person who practices fraud
Finnish:
huijari
— a person who practices fraud
French:
fraudeur
— a person who practices fraud
Galician:
pufista
— a person who practices fraud
Galician:
estafador
— a person who practices fraud
German:
Schwindler
— a person who practices fraud
German:
Betrüger
— a person who practices fraud
German:
Fälscher
— a person who practices fraud
Greek:
απατεώνας
(apateónas)
— a person who practices fraud
Greek:
κομπιναδόρος
(kompinadóros)
— a person who practices fraud
Hungarian:
csaló
— a person who practices fraud
Hungarian:
szélhámos
— a person who practices fraud
Ido:
fraudanto
— a person who practices fraud
Ido:
fraudero
— a person who practices fraud
Indonesian:
penipu
— a person who practices fraud
Korean:
사기꾼
(sagikkun)
— a person who practices fraud
Latin:
fraudātor
— a person who practices fraud
Malayalam:
ചതിയൻ
(catiyaṉ)
— a person who practices fraud
Malayalam:
വഞ്ചകൻ
(vañcakaṉ)
— a person who practices fraud
Māori:
kaitāware
— a person who practices fraud
Occitan:
fraudaire
— a person who practices fraud
Spanish:
estafador
— a person who practices fraud
Spanish:
defraudador
— a person who practices fraud
Swahili:
tapeli
— a person who practices fraud
Swedish:
bedragare
— a person who practices fraud
Ottoman Turkish:
آینهجی
(aynacı)
— a person who practices fraud
