44
swindler(noun, person, cheat, honest, phony)
43
cheat(noun, person, honest, phony, criminal)
40
scoundrel(noun, person, cheat, criminal, thief)
37
trickster(noun, person, cheat, honest, fraud)
36
deceiver(noun, person, cheat, fraud, phony)
36
shark(noun, person, fake, cheat, deception)
36
sharper(noun, person, cheat, honest, rascal)
34
charlatan(noun, person, cheat, fraud, phony)
34
fraud(noun, person, cheat, swindler, mountebank)
34
impostor(noun, person, cheat, fraud, phony)
33
mountebank(noun, person, cheat, fraud, phony)
22
bend(noun, verb, move, turn, twist)
21
curve(noun, verb, move, secure, turn)
19
criminal(noun, person, villain, reprobate, convict)
19
perpetrator(noun, suspect, criminal, bad man, offender)
17
bow(noun, verb, turn, twist, bend)
16
hook(noun, verb, secure, turn, catch)
15
outlaw(noun, person, villain, criminal, reprobate)
14
thug(noun, criminal, convict, thief, outlaw)
13
twist(noun, verb, turn, bend, round)
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