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con_artist

con artist

See also: con-artist

English

Alternative forms

con-artist

Noun

con artist ‎(plural con artists)

A person who defrauds or swindles others after first gaining their trust; a scam operator.

Synonyms

conman
smooth operator
See also Wikisaurus:deceiver

Translations

scam operator, conman

Catalan: estafador m, estafa m, f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 騙子 (zh), 骗子 (zh) ‎(piànzi)
Finnish: huijari (fi), petkuttaja (fi)
French: escroc (fr) m, f, arnaqueur (fr) m, arnaqueuse (fr) f
German: Trickbetrüger m, Trickbetrügerin f, Hochstapler (de) m, Hochstaplerin f, Schwindler (de) m, Schwindlerin (de) f

Greek: απατεώνας (el) m ‎(apateónas)
Indonesian: penipu (id)
Japanese: 詐欺師 (ja) ‎(さぎし, sagishi)
Lingala: bacheque
Russian: моше́нник (ru) m ‎(mošénnik), моше́нница (ru) f ‎(mošénnica), жу́лик (ru) m ‎(žúlik), афери́ст (ru) m ‎(aferíst), афери́стка (ru) f ‎(aferístka)
Spanish: estafador m
Swedish: svindlare

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