афери́ст

rare #17856

nounmasculineanimatecountable

1.
swindler, con artist, crook, shady dealer
Он оказа́лся бра́чным афери́стом.
He turned out to be a marriage swindler.
Colloquial; refers to someone who runs dishonest schemes or scams.

Examples

Аферист, околпачивавший клиентов годами, попался на мелочи.
The con artist who had been duping clients for years was caught out over a minor detail.
Мы искали афериста, выманивавшего у людей номера карт.
We were looking for the con artist who had obtained people's card numbers from them.
Аферист, облапошивавший стариков, наконец предстал перед судом.
The con artist who had been swindling old people finally stood trial.
Аферист, облапошивающий туристов, скрылся из города.
The con artist who was swindling tourists fled the city.
Этот аферист обманул уже много людей.
That swindler has already deceived many people.
Полиция наконец поймала известного афериста.
The police finally caught the notorious swindler.
Тома обвели́ вокруг па́льца нигерийские аферисты.
Tom was scammed by Nigerian scammers.