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  • 71gypper — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Slang. A person who cheats: bilk, cheat, cheater, cozener, defrauder, rook, sharper, swindler, trickster, victimizer. Informal: chiseler, crook, flimflammer. Slang: diddler, gyp. See HONEST …

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  • 72victimizer — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person who cheats: bilk, cheat, cheater, cozener, defrauder, rook, sharper, swindler, trickster. Informal: chiseler, crook, flimflammer. Slang: diddler, gyp, gypper. See HONEST …

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  • 73defraud — mid 14c., from O.Fr. defrauder, from L. defraudare to defraud, cheat, from de thoroughly (see DE (Cf. de )) + fraudare (see FRAUD (Cf. fraud)). Related: Defrauded; defrauding …

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  • 74bilker — n. cheater, defrauder, swindler …

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  • 75bilkers — n. cheater, defrauder, swindler …

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  • 76sharper — n. Cheat, rogue, swindler, trickster, shark, knave, blackleg, tricky fellow, defrauder, deceiver …

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  • 77thief — n. 1. Pilferer, petty robber, filcher. 2. Swindler, peculator, embezzler, defrauder, sharper, defaulter. 3. Pickpocket, cutpurse, pick purse. 4. Burglar, house breaker, cracksman (cant). 5. Footpad, highwayman …

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  • 78cheat — n fraud, fake, deceit, deception, *imposture, counterfeit, sham, humbug Analogous words: hoaxing or hoax, bamboozling or bamboozlement (see corresponding verbs at DUPE): *deception, trickery, chicanery, chicane: charlatan, quack, mountebank,… …

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  • 79faker — impostor, mountebank, charlatan, quack Analogous words: defrauder, cheater or cheat, swindler, cozener (see corresponding verbs at CHEAT) …

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  • 80bamboozler — n 1. deceiver, deluder, beguiler, hoodwinker; duper, hoaxer, humbugger; fraud, fake, phony, imposter, liar; pretender, charlatan, quack, mountebank, empiric. 2. trickster, prankster, joker, jokester, practical joker; swindler, cheat, cheater,… …

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