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estelionatário

[ɛʃ.tɛ.li.o.na.ˈta.ri.u]
nounmasculinepl: estelionatários
swindler; fraud perpetrator; con artist
1. A person who commits estellation (fraud or swindle), especially through deceit or misrepresentation
The estelionatário was arrested for defrauding investors.
O estelionatário foi preso por enganar investidores.
2. Someone who obtains money or property through fraudulent means or false pretenses
The con artist was a professional estelionatário who had victimized hundreds.
O vigarista era um estelionatário profissional que havia vitimado centenas.
NYC Slang
con artist; grifter; scammer
Synonyms
vigaristafraudadorembusteirotrapaceiroenganadorcharlatãogolpista
Antonyms
honestoíntegrosincero

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
estelionatário
Standard usage, commonly used in legal and criminal contexts
São Paulo
golpista
More informal alternative commonly used in colloquial speech
Rio de Janeiro
vigarista
Popular colloquial alternative
Portugal
estelionatário
Standard usage, same as Brazilian Portuguese

Related Idioms & Phrases

cair nas garras de um estelionatário (to fall victim to a swindler)
praticar estelionato (to commit fraud)
enredado por estelionatários (ensnared by fraudsters)
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