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.
Sell he swindle, rum, fire-water, We will sell him Fear in plenty. Of course, if there is anything approaching a swindle in it, I shall have nothing to do with it. A cardinal and a queen implicated in a forgery and a swindle! Ay, grow pale if you like; but I 'll repeat the word,âa swindle! I'd like to know about this swindle that's going to be sprung on him. Devar was in the swindle and kept Miste advised of your movements. The man has had a finger in every Anglo-French swindle of the last ten years.