fraudster

/ˈfrɔːdstə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · [frˈɔdstɚ] /ˈfrɔːdstər/ (ame, ipa) · [frˈɔdstɚ] /ˈfrȯd-stər How to pronounce fraudster (audio)/ (ame, mw)

fraudster — noun

1. a person who deliberately tricks other people in order to take their money or ge

1.名詞C1
釋義

a person who deliberately tricks other people in order to take their money or get some other financial advantage

例句

Police arrested a fraudster who had posed as a tax officer.

fraudster posing as a trusted official

Meera lost her savings to a fraudster running a fake investment club.

fraudster + fake investment scheme

同義詞
  • scammer

    the most common everyday word, especially for online or phone tricks

  • swindler

    slightly more old-fashioned or journalistic, often suggesting a planned money scheme

  • con artist

    emphasizes gaining trust first and then using it to deceive

  • cheat

    much broader and less specific; can refer to small everyday dishonesty too

文法句型

a fraudster posing as a tax officer

victim of a fraudster

convicted fraudster

用法筆記

Common in news, police, and financial reporting, especially for repeated or large-scale schemes. More formal than scammer, and it refers to the person behind the deception rather than to the trick itself.

常見錯誤

❌That phone message was a fraudster.
✅That phone message was a scam.
💡use 'fraudster' for the person or group doing the cheating, not for the message or the scheme itself.
❌Leo became a fraudster by copying answers in math class.
✅Leo became a cheat by copying answers in math class.
💡'fraudster' usually refers to serious money or identity deception, not ordinary school cheating.