oplichter — meaning in English
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English meaning
- conman noun A person who cheats or deceives others out of money or trust, typically through a confidence scheme.
- crook noun A dishonest person, especially a criminal or swindler.
- fraud noun The crime of deceiving someone to gain money or an unfair advantage.
- imposture noun The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition.
- mountebank noun One who sells dubious medicines.
Senses
oplichter is used for these senses in English:
- con artist 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.
- conman A confidence trickster.
- crook A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
- fraud A person who performs any such trick.
- imposture The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition
crook — full definition
- noun A dishonest person, especially a criminal or swindler.
- noun A hooked staff, such as the one used by shepherds or carried by a bishop.
- noun A bend or curve, especially in a part of the body such as the arm.
- verb To bend something, especially a finger or arm.
- adj Australian/NZ informal: unwell, or of poor quality.