fraudster

== English == === Etymology === From fraud + -ster. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɔdstɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɔːdstə/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɑdstɚ/ === Noun === fraudster (plural fraudsters) A person who carries out fraud; a swindler. 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. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:fraudster ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== confabulator, pathological liar (not to be confused; differing neuropsychological mechanisms) deadbeat