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confidence trickster

English

Noun

Sense: one who defrauds someone after winning their trust

Synonyms

bristler (obsolete)
bunco artist
bunco-steerer (US slang)
chiseler
con artist [⇒ thesaurus]
confidence artist
confidence trickster
conman
flimflammer
grifter
lugger
magsman
mountebank
saltimbanco
sharpster
sharker (archaic)
shark-gull (obsolete)
slicker
smooth operator (idomatic)
spiv

Hyponyms

autem gogler (thieves' cant)
con woman
paperhanger (slang)

Hypernyms

criminal [⇒ thesaurus]
deceiver [⇒ thesaurus]
fraudster [⇒ thesaurus]
thief [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

Thesaurus:deceive
Thesaurus:fraudster
Thesaurus:dupe

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