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1
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
- a card shark
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2
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
- a shark at calculus
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- ace,
- adept,
- artist,
- authority,
- cognoscente,
- connoisseur,
- crackerjack
- (also crackajack),
- dab
- [chiefly British],
- dab hand
- [chiefly British],
- expert,
- fiend,
- geek,
- guru,
- hand,
- hotshot,
- maestro,
- master,
- maven
- (also mavin),
- meister,
- past master,
- proficient,
- scholar,
- sharp,
- virtuoso,
- whiz,
- wizard
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3
a person who habitually preys upon others
- being a new arrival in Hollywood, she was easy prey for the sharks in the movie business
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“Shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shark. Accessed 29 Jun. 2022.
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