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SCAMMER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
Synonyms:
chiseler; chiseller; defrauder; gouger; grifter; scammer; swindler
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("scammer" is a kind of...):
beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scammer"):
card shark; card sharp; card sharper; cardsharp; cardsharper; sharper; sharpie; sharpy (a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games)
clip artist (a swindler who fleeces the victim)
con artist; con man; confidence man (a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim)
welcher; welsher (someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager)
Derivation:
scam (deprive of by deceit)
