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as in cheat
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
a heartless trickster swindled the elderly woman out of her life savings
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as in magician
one who practices tricks and illusions for entertainment
a very adept trickster who used mirrors to make huge items—even buildings—seem to disappear
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Recent Examples of trickster
However, the latter is revealed to be a ruse on the part of the trickster god.
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Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
6 May 2026
Yet this wise fool and trickster cannot be pinned down so easily.
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Perin Gürel,
The Conversation,
22 Apr. 2026
Loki Loki is the Norse god of mischief and he’s known as a trickster—sometimes for good, sometimes a bit more devious.
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Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
11 Apr. 2026
Eating disorders are master tricksters.
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Eden Laase,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2026
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Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
6 May 2026
Yet this wise fool and trickster cannot be pinned down so easily.
—
Perin Gürel,
The Conversation,
22 Apr. 2026
Loki Loki is the Norse god of mischief and he’s known as a trickster—sometimes for good, sometimes a bit more devious.
—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
11 Apr. 2026
Eating disorders are master tricksters.
—
Eden Laase,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for trickster
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trickster
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And then Bobby is just a cheat code for comedy writers.
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More flaglantry detrimental to learning, plenty more use the tech to generate entire essays and solve math problems — or, in a word, cheat.
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My colleague Glen Levy was at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta yesterday to watch Spain, led by its young magician, take on Saudi Arabia.
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Bayer and Diaconis — who as a teenager ran away from home to apprentice with a magician specializing in card tricks, before becoming a renowned mathematician — didn’t just prove the existence of a precise cutoff in a real-world system.
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Ukraine faces severe personnel shortages with around 200,000 military desertions and 2 million draft-dodgers, threatening its ability to sustain the war against Russia’s 2022 invasion.
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Almost all other passengers dine at the Britannia Restaurant, and there’s also a buffet restaurant serving international cuisine, with options for vegans, vegetarians and dairy dodgers.
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The after-hours event for guests 21 and older will feature shark experts, scuba divers feeding eels, sharks and more in the Living Seas exhibition; a DJ and more.
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The study suggests that persistent turbidity plumes created by coastal modification projects may interfere with shark prey capture and could increase the likelihood of unintended human interactions.
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“Trickster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trickster. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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