Thesaurus:confidence trickster
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
Sense: one who defrauds someone after winning their trust[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- bristler (obsolete)
- bunco artist
- bunco-steerer (US slang)
- chiseler
- con artist
- confidence artist
- confidence trickster
- conman
- flimflammer
- grifter
- lugger
- magsman
- mountebank
- saltimbanco
- sharpster
- sharker (archaic)
- shark-gull (obsolete)
- slicker
- smooth operator (idomatic)
- spiv
Hyponyms[edit]
- autem gogler (thieves' cant)
- con woman
- paperhanger (slang)