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.