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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cheat |
| Synonyms: | crook, fake, swindler |
| Main Entry: | robber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who steals |
| Synonyms: | bandit, brigand, buccaneer, burglar, cardsharper, cat burglar, cattle thief, cheat*, chiseler, con artist, corsair, crook, desperado, despoiler, fence, forager, fraud, grafter, hijacker, holdup artist, housebreaker, looter, marauder, mugger, operator, pickpocket, pilferer, pillager, pirate, plunderer, prowler, punk*, raider, rustler, safecracker, sandbagger, second-story operator, shoplifter, stealer, stickup, swindler, thief, thug |
* = 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: | 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: | sculptor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sculpture maker |
| Synonyms: | artist, carver, chiseler |
| Main Entry: | sharper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cheat |
| Synonyms: | bilk, bluff, charlatan, cheater, chiseler, con artist, confidence operator, conniver, cozener, crook, deceiver, decoy, defrauder, dodger, double-crosser, double-dealer, enticer, fake*, hypocrite, impostor, inveigler, jockey, masquerader, pretender, quack, rascal, rogue, rook, scammer, shark, shyster, swindler, trickster, victimizer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | victimizer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cheat |
| Synonyms: | bilk, bluff, charlatan, cheater, chiseler, con artist, confidence operator, conniver, cozener, crook, deceiver, decoy, defrauder, dodger, double-crosser, double-dealer, enticer, fake*, hypocrite, impostor, inveigler, jockey, masquerader, pretender, quack, rascal, rogue, rook, scammer, shark, sharper, shyster, swindler, trickster |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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