con artist
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con artist
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A clipping of confidence artist.
noun con artists · con-artist
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A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster.
That greedy con artist would swindle you at any cost.
Similar: conman, con, bristler, bunco artist, bunco-steerer, chiseler, con artist, confidence artist, confidence trickster, flimflammer, grifter, lugger
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noun scam operator, conman
| Español | estafador, engañabobos, trilero, embaucador |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 詐欺師 sagishi |
| 中文 | 騙子 /骗子 piànzi |
| Kiswahili | tapeli |
| Português | trapaceiro, vigarista |
| Français | escroc, arnaqueur, arnaqueuse |
| Deutsch | Abzocker, Scharlatan, Hochstapler, Trickbetrüger, Trickbetrügerin, Hochstaplerin |
| Italiano | defraudatore, ingannatore, millantatore, abbindolatore, mistificatore, imbonitore |
| Ελληνικά | απατεώνας apateónas |
| Română | șarlatan, escroc |
| Русский | моше́нник mošénnik, моше́нница mošénnica, жу́лик žúlik, афери́ст aferíst, афери́стка aferístka |
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