As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter
(noun) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
Source: WordNet® 3.1
grifter (plural grifters)
(informal, North America) A con artist; someone who pulls confidence games.
Synonym: Thesaurus:confidence trickster
Source: Wiktionary
5 May 2024
(noun) the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.