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deceiver - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true |
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cheat,
cheater,
trickster,
beguiler,
slicker |
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offender,
wrongdoer a person who transgresses moral or civil law
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bluffer,
four-flusher a person who tries to bluff other people
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chiseler,
chiseller,
defrauder,
gouger,
grifter,
scammer,
swindler an attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye
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decoy,
steerer a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
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dodger,
fox,
slyboots a shifty deceptive person
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betrayer,
double-crosser,
double-dealer,
traitor,
two-timer a person who says one thing and does another
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defalcator,
embezzler,
peculator someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use
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falsifier someone who falsifies
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finagler,
wangler a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods
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counterfeiter,
forger someone who makes copies illegally
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fortune hunter a person who seeks wealth through marriage
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figurehead,
front,
front man,
nominal head,
strawman,
straw man figure on the bow of some sailing vessels
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dissembler,
dissimulator,
hypocrite,
phoney,
phony,
pretender a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
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imitator,
impersonator someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another
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fake,
faker,
fraud,
imposter,
impostor,
pretender,
pseud,
pseudo,
role player,
sham,
shammer something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
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liar,
prevaricator a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
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misleader someone who leads astray (often deliberately)
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charlatan,
mountebank a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
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obscurantist a person who is deliberately vague
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sandbagger someone who deceives you about his true nature or intent in order to take advantage of you
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two-timer someone who deceives a lover or spouse by carrying on a sexual relationship with somebody else
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utterer someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins
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