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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,
grifter,
scammer,
swindler,
gouger a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
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decoy,
steerer a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
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slyboots,
dodger,
fox a shifty deceptive person
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double-crosser,
double-dealer,
betrayer,
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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front man,
nominal head,
figurehead,
straw man,
strawman,
front a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
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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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impersonator,
imitator someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another
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faker,
imposter,
impostor,
pseud,
pseudo,
shammer,
sham,
role player,
pretender,
fraud,
fake a person who makes deceitful pretenses
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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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