#deceiver__cheat__cheater__trickster__beguiler__slicker someone who leads you to believe something that is not true supertype: wrongdoer__offender a person who transgresses moral or civil law subtype: bluffer a person who tries to bluff other people subtype: swindler__chiseller__chiseler__gouger__scammer__sharpie a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud subtype: cardsharp__cardsharper a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games subtype: clip_artist a swindler who fleeces the victim subtype: confidence_man__con_man__conman__con_artist__conartist a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim subtype: welcher__welsher someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager subtype: steerer__decoy a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot) subtype: roper.steerer a decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game) subtype: shill a decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others subtype: dodger__fox__slyboot a shifty deceptive person subtype: double-crosser__double-dealer__two-timer__twotimer__betrayer__traitor a person who says one thing and does another subtype: Judas someone who betrays under the guise of friendship subtype: falsifier someone who falsifies subtype: finagler__wangler a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods subtype: counterfeiter__forger someone who makes copies illegally subtype: coiner.counterfeiter (British) a maker of counterfeit coins subtype: paperhanger (informal) someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money subtype: fortune_hunter__fortunehunter a person who seeks wealth through marriage subtype: front_man__frontman__front__figurehead__nominal_head__nominalhead__straw_man__strawman a person used as a cover for some questionable activity subtype: hypocrite__dissembler__phony__phoney__pretender a person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold subtype: smoothie__smoothy__sweettalker someone with an assured and ingratiating manner subtype: Tartuffe__Tartufe a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere) subtype: whited_sepulcher__whited_sepulchre a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous subtype: impersonator__imitator someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another subtype: mimic__mimicker someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress) subtype: imposter__impostor__pretender__fake__faker__fraud__sham__shammer__pseudo__pseud__role_player a person who makes deceitful pretenses subtype: namedropper someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends subtype: ringer.imposter a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses subtype: liar__prevaricator a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly subtype: perjurer__false_witness__falsewitnes a person who deliberately gives false testimony subtype: storyteller__fibber__fabricator someone who tells lies instance: Ananias subtype: misleader someone who leads astray (often deliberately) subtype: mountebank__charlatan a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes subtype: phrenologist__craniologist someone who claims to read your character from the shape of your skull subtype: quack an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice subtype: obscurantist a person who is deliberately vague subtype: sandbagger someone who deceives you about his true nature or intent in order to take advantage of you subtype: two-timer__twotimer someone who deceives a lover or spouse by carrying on a sexual relationship with somebody else subtype: utterer someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins
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