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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

  1. noun A dishonest person, especially a criminal or swindler.
  2. noun A hooked staff, such as the one used by shepherds or carried by a bishop.
  3. noun A bend or curve, especially in a part of the body such as the arm.
  4. verb To bend something, especially a finger or arm.
  5. adj Australian/NZ informal: unwell, or of poor quality.

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