RE: I had say it because I was afraid no one else would.

["Michael West" <mbwest -at- bigpond -dot- com>]

> Jerry Kindall ventured:

> > I suppose "fraudster" is

> > a useful enough umbrella term for actual criminals.  With

> > half a million

> > uses already recorded on Google, though, I think the branding ship has

> > sailed.

> 

> But maybe 9/10 of the Google hits are discussions like this one.

 

It's easy enough to look and see, isn't it?

 

And the answer is No. "Fraudster" is common usage in mainstream news media,
and is recognized in mainstream dictionaries.

 

It doesn't mean what "fraud" means, and therefore has a useful function in
the language, describing a particular type of swindler.

 

I know people who are frauds. As far as I know, none of them are swindlers.

 

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Mike West

 

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