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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
With her life in danger, Lydia turns to a certain trickster for assistance.
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2024
What one actually gets is some trickster having access to your bank account where the information is used, abused, bought or sold to nefarious individuals.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
However, with Venus turning retrograde beginning on March 1st, Mercury’s trickster ways might be just too much.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 12 Mar. 2025
In both his poetry and his personal life, Frost was a trickster, saying one thing and almost always meaning another, and perhaps another still.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2024
What one actually gets is some trickster having access to your bank account where the information is used, abused, bought or sold to nefarious individuals.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
However, with Venus turning retrograde beginning on March 1st, Mercury’s trickster ways might be just too much.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 12 Mar. 2025
In both his poetry and his personal life, Frost was a trickster, saying one thing and almost always meaning another, and perhaps another still.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trickster
Noun
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Hayakawa is a plaintive storyteller who refuses to indulge in emotional cheats of any kind, and would rather a scene be impenetrably oblique than overexplain its purpose.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
19 May 2025
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Her most notable reporting has been about taxes, including exposing billionaire tax cheats and writing cover stories on tax shelters (both corporate and individual), tax evasion, tax informants, tax administration, tax policy and legitimate tax planning.—
Emma Whitford,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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In the end, Rhodes officially inducts the four magicians into The Eye and becomes their handler for all future performances.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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From musicians to magicians, comedians to contortionists, dance troops, sword swallowers, dog acts and guys dressing up in weird costumes, there’s a surprise around every corners.—
Rosemary Rossi,
Variety,
27 May 2025
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Try, try again Speaking of classes, the eight options here tend to fall into the usual archetypes for this kind of action-adventure game: the tank, the mage, the defensive specialist, the dextrous dodger, etc.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2025
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The layoffs of roughly 7,000 Internal Revenue Service probationary workers beginning this week probably mean the end of the agency’s plan to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collection, experts say.—
Fatima Hussein,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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One of them estimated the shark was about 10 feet long.—
Jillian Frankel,
People.com,
3 June 2025
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The shark gnawed on his surfboard, but Heller was unharmed.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
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“Trickster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trickster. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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