English Explanatory Dictionary

confidence trickster

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who conducts a confidence game: who defrauds someone after winning his trust, a conman or con artist.

Word forms

confidence trickster confidence tricksters

Synonyms

bamboozler bouncer bullshitter cheat cheater cogger cony-catcher crammer deceiver deceptor fabricator fabulist falser gabber grifter guiler liar losenger mocker pseudologist rook Scandaroon shammer Spanish athlete swindler swike treacher trickster trucker wernard bristler bunco artist bunco-steerer chiseler con artist confidence artist confidence trickster conman flimflammer lugger magsman mountebank saltimbanco sharpster sharker shark-gull slicker smooth operator spiv

Related words

deceive dupe
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