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Defrauder

One who defrauds; a cheat; an embezzler; a peculator.

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Beguiler 76% connected

One who, or that which, beguiles.

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Cheat 76% connected

An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

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Cheater 76% connected

One who cheats.

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Deceiver 76% connected

One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor.

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Slicker 76% connected

That which makes smooth or sleek.

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Trickster 76% connected

One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat.

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Narrower term 4

Sharper 76% connected

A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester.

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Sharpie 76% connected

A long, sharp, flat-bottomed boat, with one or two masts carrying a triangular sail. They are often called Fair Haven sharpies, after the place on th…

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Welcher 76% connected

See Welsher.

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Welsher 76% connected

One who cheats at a horse race; one who bets, without a chance of being able to pay; one who receives money to back certain horses and absconds with…

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Derivationally related 2

Chisel 74% connected

A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a m…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Chisel 74% connected

A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a m…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Gouger 92% connected

See Plum Gouger.

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Swindler 92% connected

One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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