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fraud(noun, person, sharp, fake, cheat)
50
charlatan(noun, person, fake, cheat, counterfeit)
50
cheat(noun, person, sharp, fake, counterfeit)
47
mountebank(noun, person, sharp, fake, cheat)
46
deceiver(noun, person, fake, cheat, phony)
42
swindler(noun, person, cheat, fraud, phony)
41
trickster(noun, person, cheat, fraud, phony)
37
shark(noun, person, sharp, fake, cheat)
37
sharper(noun, person, cheat, crook, rascal)
36
crook(noun, person, cheat, fraud, phony)
33
scoundrel(noun, person, cheat, swindler, mountebank)
22
pretender(noun, person, sharp, fake, counterfeit)
17
fake(noun, person, sharp, counterfeit, true)
14
imposter
14
faker(noun, person, true)
14
phony(noun, person, sharp, fake, counterfeit)
13
quack(noun, person, fake, true, phony)
11
confidence man(noun, expression, idiom, con man)
10
sham(noun, person, sharp, fake, trick)
9
con man(noun, expression, idiom, trickster, cheater)
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