fraudsmann.
A cheat, a rogue.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun]
harlot?c1225
truantc1290
shreward1297
boyc1300
lidderon13..
cokinc1330
pautenerc1330
bribera1387
bricouna1400
losarda1400
rascal?a1400
custronc1400
knapea1450
sloven?a1475
limmerc1485
knavatec1506
smaik?1507
smy?1507
koken?a1513
swinger1513
Cock Lorel?1518
pedlar's French1530
varletc1540
losthope?c1550
makeshift1554
wild rogue1567
miligant1568
rogue1568
crack-halter1573
rascallion1582
schelm1584
scoundrel1589
scaba1592
bezonian1592
slave1592
rampallion1593
Scanderbeg1601
roly-poly1602
canter1608
cantler1611
gue1612
fraudsman1613
Cathayana1616
crack-hempa1616
foiterer1616
tilt1620
picaro1622
picaroon1629
sheepmanc1640
rapscallion1648
scaramouch1677
fripon1691
trickster1711
shake-bag1794
sinner1809
cad1838
badmash1843
scattermouch1892
jazzbo1914
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun]
feature14..
frauderc1475
prowler1519
lurcher1528
defrauder1552
frauditor1553
taker-upc1555
verserc1555
fogger1564
Jack-in-the-box1570
gilenyer1590
foist1591
rutter1591
crossbiter1592
sharker1594
shark1600
bat-fowler1602
cheater1606
foister1610
operator1611
fraudsman1613
projector1615
smoke-sellera1618
decoy1618
firkera1626
scandaroon1631
snapa1640
cunning shaver1652
knight of industrya1658
chouse1658
cheat1664
sharper1681
jockey1683
rooker1683
fool-finder1685
rookster1697
sheep-shearer1699
bubbler1720
gyp1728
bite1742
swindler1770
pigeon1780
mace1781
gouger1790
needle1790
fly-by-night1796
sharp1797
skinner1797
diddler1803
mace cove1811
mace-gloak1819
macer1819
flat-catcher1821
moonlight wanderer1823
burner1838
Peter Funk1840
Funk1842
pigeoner1849
maceman1850
bester1856
fiddler1857
highway robber1874
bunco-steerer1875
swizzler1876
forty1879
flim-flammer1881
chouser1883
take-down1888
highbinder1890
fraud1895
Sam Slick1897
grafter1899
come-on1905
verneuker1905
gypster1917
chiseller1918
tweedler1925
rorter1926
gazumper1932
chizzer1935
sharpie1942
sharpster1942
slick1959
slickster1965
rip-off artist1968
shonky1970
rip-off merchant1971
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > dishonesty > dishonest person
shondc725
makeshift1554
roundabout1605
fraudsman1613
trickster1711
bug1785
fly-by-night1796
twister1834
rigger1859
shyster1877
crook1879
heel1914
wide boy1937
1613 T. Adams White Deuil 37 You shall not easily discerne..betweene a tradesman and a fraudesman.
1958 Times 9 Oct. 3/5 In all, the officer questioned 32 witnesses who testified to seeing certain of the ‘fraudsmen’.
1966 M. Procter His Weight in Gold xi. 93 Like nearly all fraudsmen he had a lot of personal charm.
1971 Daily Express 22 Mar. 13/3 You cannot..bar your mind against a fraudsman.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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n.1613- to play down
- to play down and out
- to play down to
- to play duck and drake
- to play duck and drake with
- to play dumb
- to play etc across the line
- to play etc close to one's chest
- to play fair
- to play false
- to play fast and loose
- to play fast and loose fast
- to play fast and loose loose
- to play favourites
- to play first fiddle
- to play first violin
- to play five-a-side
- to play fiveaside
- to play footsie
- to play footy
- to play for
- to play for a etc
- to play for a fool
- to play for a laugh
- to play for a sucker