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SCAMMER

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• SCAMMER (noun)
The noun SCAMMER has 1 sense:

1. a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud

Familiarity information: SCAMMER used as a noun is very rare.

• SCAMMER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

chiseler; chiseller; defrauder; grifter; scammer; swindler; gouger

Hypernyms ("scammer" is a kind of...):

beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scammer"):

card shark; card sharp; card sharper; cardsharp; cardsharper; sharper; sharpie; sharpy (a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games)

clip artist (a swindler who fleeces the victim)

con artist; con man; confidence man (a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim)

welcher; welsher (someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager)

"Great minds think alike, but fools seldom differ."
(English proverb)
"Someone's end, someone's beginning"
(Azerbaijani proverb)
"Whatever you sow, that's what you'll reap."
(Armenian proverb)
"One swats the fly only if it annoys that person."
(Cypriot proverb)

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