16
con man(noun, expression, crook, swindler, deceiver)
13
cheat(noun, con man)
13
swindler(noun, crook)
11
fraud(noun, con man)
10
mountebank(noun, crook, swindler)
10
trickster(noun, fraud)
9
charlatan(noun, con man)
9
con artist(noun, man)
9
impostor(noun, con man)
7
shark(noun, man, crook, swindler, hustler)
6
cheater(noun, man, crook, swindler, con man)
5
deceiver(noun, crook, swindler)
5
sharper
4
flimflam man
4
imposter
4
sharpie(noun, man, crook, swindler, hustler)
3
defrauder
3
flimflammer(noun, man, crook, swindler)
3
hypocrite
3
knave(noun, con man)
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