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απατεώνας — meaning in English

apateonas

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English meaning

  • cheat verb To break rules in order to gain an unfair advantage.
  • 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.
  • fraudster noun A person who carries out fraud; a swindler.
  • rogue noun A dishonest or unprincipled person; a scoundrel.
  • rook noun A large black European bird related to the crow, known for nesting in noisy colonies.
  • sharp adj Having a fine edge or point that can cut or pierce easily.

Senses

απατεώνας is used for these senses in English:

  • cheat Someone who cheats.
  • 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.
  • fraudster A person who carries out fraud; a swindler.
  • rogue A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
  • rook A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.

cheat — full definition

  1. verb To break rules in order to gain an unfair advantage.
  2. verb To be sexually or romantically unfaithful to a partner.
  3. verb To deceive or trick someone, often to take something from them.
  4. noun A person who cheats, or an act of cheating.

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