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flimflam artist

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  • flimflam artist — n. someone who practices confidence tricks or deceptions on someone else. □ I don’t trust that flimflam artist at all. □ Pretty soon, you’ll learn how to spot a flimflam artist …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • artist — n. a combining form meaning specialist. See also booze artist; bullshit artist; burn artist; castor oil artist; con artist; flimflam artist; hype artist; make out artist; off artist; (rip )off artist; takeoff artist …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • artist — n 1. master, old master, past master; artiste, virtuoso, maestro; talent, genius, prodigy, giant, Inf. wizard or wiz. 2. artisan, craftsman, artificer; expert, adept, masterhand, proficient, Sl. no slouch. 3. trickster, deceiver, cheat, fraud,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • shark — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dogfish, hammerhead, etc.; sharper, swindler; slang, expert. See animal, stealing. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Fish]. Kinds of sharks include: whale, basking, mako, angel, blue, man eating, hammerhead,… …   English dictionary for students

  • thief — n 1. pilferer, filcher, Sl. ripoff or rip off artist, purloiner, stealer, Inf. crook, Sl. ganef; shoplifter, pickpocket, cutpurse, purse snatcher, light fingered Louie, Sl. dip; Psychol. kleptomaniac. 2. burglar, robber, housebreaker, Sl.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • embezzler — n peculator, Law. defalcator, thief, robber; swindler, highbinder, fleecer, trickster, bilker, sharper, Inf. hawk; confidence man, con artist, flimflam artist; defaulter, Sl. welsher; racketeer, criminal, lawbreaker …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • racketeer — n 1. gangster, mobster, mafioso, Sl. gunsel; desperado, thug, terrorist; tough, Inf. toughie, mugger, ruffian, rowdy, hoodlum, Sl. hood, Inf. goon, hooligan, Inf. roughneck, Inf. baddy, Sl. bad actor, Sl. mug, Australian Sl. larrikin. 2.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • robber — n 1. burglar, thief, stealer, Inf. crook; housebreaker, Sl. cracksman, Brit. picklock, Raffles, sneak thief, cat burglar, Inf. second story man; Inf. hold up man, Sl. stickup man; mugger; safecracker, Jimmy Valentine. 2. petty thief, Sl. ripoff,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • wallpaper — n. worthless checks. (Underworld.) □ This flimflam artist has spread a lot of wallpaper in her day. □ The feds followed a trail of wallpaper from St. Louis to San Francisco and made the pinch …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • yench — [jentj] tv. to swindle someone; to victimize someone. (Underworld.) □ The flimflam artist yenched a couple of banks and then moved on. □ Somebody tried to yench the wrong guy at the circus …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • cheat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. deceive, defraud (See deception). II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [One who cheats] Syn. rogue, cheater, swindler, fraud, quack, charlatan, conniver, confidence man, scammer, chiseler, impostor, masquerader,… …   English dictionary for students

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