Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: silt (Noun). Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water. silt (Noun). Material with similar physical characteristics, whatever its origins or transport. silt (Noun). A particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
swindler - a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud. chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, grifter, scammer, gouger. card shark, card sharp, card sharper, cardsharp, cardsharper, sharper, sharpie, sharpy - a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games.
The English will only use their position to swindle the Transvaal of its proper receipts. He denounced the Kansas-Nebraska Bill as in every respect a swindle, and held its authors, Stephen A. It was a swindle, and not at all like the conduct of a great man!