bondfångare

== Swedish == === Etymology === Calque of German Bauernfänger. By surface analysis, bonde (“peasant”) +‎ fångare (“catcher”). === Noun === bondfångare n confidence trickster, someone who exploits someone’s fatuity or credulity a type of Chinese finger trap made of woven birchbark Synonym: fingerfälla (“finger trap”) ==== Usage notes ==== This term is generally gender-neutral but can also specifically refer to a male practitioner. It can be used to describe both male and female individuals. The related term bondfångerska is a strictly female equivalent. ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== bondfångerska (“female equivalent”) ==== See also ==== bedragare (“fraudster”) lurendrejare (“trickster, lesser fraudster”) svindlare (“swindler”) === Further reading === bondfångare in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker