noun
- people who cheat or swindle others
Usage: informal
Examples
- The police arrested several diddlers who had been running fake charity scams.
- Don’t trust those diddlers selling miracle cures door-to-door.
- The investment firm was shut down after investigators discovered it was run by diddlers.
- She warned her elderly neighbors about phone diddlers trying to steal personal information.
- The market was full of diddlers selling counterfeit goods to tourists.