svindler noun swindler, fraud, fraudster (especially in business contexts), con artist (colloquial)
My argument with this term is “fraudster,” which should be marked as UK English and not “especially in business contexts”!) Merriam Webster explains that fraudster dates all the way back to 1960 and is chiefly British. So then I looked it up in the OED, which defines fraudster as “One who commits fraud, esp. in a business transaction,” dating it as far back as 1975! So, I suppose once again Kunnskapsforlaget’s Stor Norsk-Engelsk Ordbok is correct for British English. If I translated “svindler” as “fraudster” in the U.S., however, my clients would balk. The entry should specify that "fraudster" is UK English and should also include "cheat."
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