fraudster
pronunciation
How to pronounce fraudster in British English:
UK [ˈfrɔ:dstə(r)]
How to pronounce fraudster in American English:
US [ˈfrɔːdstər]
Word Origin
- fraudster (n.)
- "one who practices fraud," 1975, from fraud + -ster. Earlier words were fraud (1850); fraudsman (1610s); frauditor (1550s).
Example
- 1. You have chosen to allow a possible fraudster to continue his career .
- 2. To his erstwhile employer , he is a fraudster who has cost the french bank its reputation as well as its money .
- 3. But so far she had been lucky , for her victims had deserved it burglars , a mugger , a fraudster , a brutal policeman .
- 4. Theobald 's work , a story of love and betrayal , was popular with 18th-century audiences , but the playwright was widely dismissed as a fraudster for claiming he had used the words of shakespeare .
- 5. Madoff , considered the biggest fraudster in wall street history , is serving a 150-year sentence for theft , fraud and money laundering at butner prison in north carolina .