bilker

noun

as in cheat
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value the "victim" of the staged car crash turned out to be a serial bilker of insurance companies

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  1. cheat
  2. dodger
  3. shark
  4. confidence man
Noun
  • The Chiefs had a short-yardage cheat code last season in Kareem Hunt.
    — Sam McDowell November 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Nostalgia often feels like a cheat code to our hearts, but there's nothing wrong with that.
    — Ian Stokes, Space.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of cheat
Noun
  • The White House is now cracking down on these tariff dodgers.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • 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.
    — Kirsten Grieshaber, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Definition of dodger
Noun
  • There is a different theory, though, and that is that the shark in question wasn't a shark at all, but instead was a tarpon.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Benchley’s landmark novel about a shark terrorizing Amity Island and the men (Hooper, Quint, and police chief Brody) who set out to stop it is a brilliantly paced romp.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of shark
Noun
  • Musk reframes the story of the tech titan as the 21st century reincarnation of the confidence man.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The image could be a tintype from a late-Victorian play about a confidence man who preys on wealthy young widows.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Definition of confidence man
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