16
confidence man(noun, expression, crook, swindler, deceiver)
15
swindler(noun, fraud, man, crook, trickster)
13
cheat(noun, fraud, thief, swindler, trickster)
11
mountebank(noun, man, crook, swindler)
10
con artist(noun, expression, idiom, man, trickster)
10
fraud(noun, man, thief, swindler)
10
trickster(noun, fraud, cheater, double-dealer)
9
deceiver(noun, man, crook, swindler, trickster)
7
charlatan(noun, trickster, cheater, double-dealer)
7
crook(noun, fraud, man, swindler, trickster)
6
impostor(noun, trickster, cheater, double-dealer)
6
shark(noun, man, crook, swindler, trickster)
5
scoundrel(noun, confidence man)
4
sharper(noun, trickster, cheater, double-dealer)
3
flimflammer(noun, man, crook, swindler)
3
hustler(noun, man, crook, swindler, sharpie)
3
hypocrite(noun, trickster, cheater, double-dealer)
3
rogue(noun, trickster, cheater, double-dealer)
3
shyster(trickster, cheater, double-dealer)
2
imposter
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