Frank Abagnale

Airline pilots are men to be admired and respected. Men to be trusted. Men of means. And you don't expect an airline pilot to be a local resident. Or a check swindler.

American Celebrity

Alexei Navalny

The party of swindlers and thieves is putting forward its chief swindler and its chief thief for the presidency. We must vote against him, struggle against him.

Russian Activist

Nick Harkaway

My family has something of a special relationship with confidence tricks: my grandfather was a professional swindler.

English Novelist

Mitchell Zuckoff

Every swindle is driven by a desire for easy money; it's the one thing the swindler and the swindled have in common.

American Educator

David Suchet

A successful swindler has to be a great salesman even more than a great actor.

English Actor

John McCarthy

My opinion is that he's a swindler and you're a sucker.

American Politician

The word 'swindler' has a very negative and dishonest implication.

Negative Connotation

'Swindler' implies illegal activity and is used in legal and crime-related contexts.

Criminal Activity

A swindler often gains trust before defrauding people, making the betrayal more impactful.

Trust Exploitation

 Albert Einstein experienced something he described himself as an “involuntary swindler” whose work didn’t deserve as much attention as it had received. Accomplishments at the level of Angelou’s or Einstein’s are rare, but their feeling of fraudulence is extremely common.