моше́нник — meaning in English
moshennik
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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.
- 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.
- scammer noun A person who commits fraud by making dishonest scams and business deals: swindler, cheat, grifter.
- swindler noun A person who cheats others out of money through deception.
Senses
моше́нник 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.
- 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.
- scammer (slang) A person who commits fraud by making dishonest scams and business deals: swindler, cheat, grifter.
cheat — full definition
- verb To break rules in order to gain an unfair advantage.
- verb To be sexually or romantically unfaithful to a partner.
- verb To deceive or trick someone, often to take something from them.
- noun A person who cheats, or an act of cheating.