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жу́лик — meaning in English

zhulik

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English meaning

  • cardsharp noun A professional cheater at card games.
  • 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.
  • hustler noun A person who works energetically and resourcefully, especially to make money.
  • knave noun A dishonest or deceitful man.
  • racketeer noun One who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loan sharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business.
  • rook noun A large black European bird related to the crow, known for nesting in noisy colonies.
  • swindler noun A person who cheats others out of money through deception.

Senses

жу́лик is used for these senses in English:

  • cardsharp (card games) A professional cheater at card games.
  • 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.
  • knave (dated) A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person.
  • racketeer One who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business.
  • rook A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.

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