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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cheat |
| Synonyms: | bilk, con artist, cozener, deceiver, defrauder, fraudster, grifter, scammer, shark, swindler, trickster, victimizer |
| Main Entry: | prostitute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who sells own abilities, talent, or name for inferior purpose |
| Synonyms: | betrayer, cheater, deceiver, gigolo, hustler, seducer |
| Main Entry: | rogue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who deceives, swindles |
| Synonyms: | bad egg, bad news, black sheep, blackguard, charlatan, cheat, cheater, con artist, criminal, crook, defrauder, devil, fraud, heel, hooligan*, lowlife, mischief, miscreant, monstrosity, ne'er-do-well, outlaw, problem*, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, swindler, trickster, villain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scamp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rascal |
| Synonyms: | cheat, cheater, delinquent, fraud, hooligan*, liar, mischief-maker, prankster, rapscallion, reprobate, rogue, rowdy, ruffian, scalawag, scallywag, scoundrel, shyster, sneak, swindler, trickster, troublemaker, villain, whippersnapper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shyster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unscrupulous lawyer; swindler |
| Synonyms: | ambulance chaser, cheater, chiseler, crooked lawyer, mouthpiece, pettifogger, scammer, trickster, unethical lawyer |
| Main Entry: | sneak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very dishonest |
| Synonyms: | cheater, con artist, coward, cur, dastard, heel, informer, louse, rascal, reptile, scoundrel, skunk, slink, snake in grass, snake*, toad, weasel, wretch |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | swindler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who cheats another |
| Synonyms: | absconder, charlatan, cheat, cheater, chiseler, clip, con artist, confidence artist, counterfeiter, crook, deceiver, defrauder, dodger, double-dealer, falsifier, forger, four-flusher, fraud, gouger, grifter, impostor, mechanic, mountebank, operator, rascal, rook, scammer, scoundrel, shark, sharp, sharper, slicker, thief, trickster |
| Antonyms: | philanthropist |
| Main Entry: | con artist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confidence man |
| Synonyms: | barricuda, bilker, bunco, cheater, clip artist, con man, crook, deceiver, fleecer, flimflammer, fraud, hoser, hustler, mountebank, scam artist, scammer, shark, sharpie, smoothie, swindler |
| Main Entry: | con man |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confidence man |
| Synonyms: | bilker, bunco, cheater, clip artist, con artist, crook, deceiver, fleecer, flimflammer, fraud, hoser, hustler, mountebank, scam artist, scammer, shark, sharpie, smoothie, swindler |
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