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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>Synonymscheat, cheater, confidence man, cozener, defrauder, dodger, hoaxer, shark, sharper, swindlerRelated Wordsdouble-crosser, double-dealer; bluffer, charlatan, fake, faker, humbug, imposter, mountebank, pretender, quack; adventurer, fox, knave, prankster, rascal, rogue; slicker, smoothy (or smoothie); plotter, schemer, sneak
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one who practices tricks and illusions for entertainment<a very adept trickster who used mirrors to make huge items—even buildings—seem to disappear>— see magician 2
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