con artist

See also: con-artist

English

Alternative forms

con-artist

Etymology

A contraction of confidence artist.

Noun

con artist (plural con artists)

A person who defrauds or swindles others after first gaining their trust; a scam operator.

Synonyms

conman
confidence trickster
smooth operator
See also Thesaurus:deceiver

Translations

scam operator, conman

Catalan: estafador m, estafa m, f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 騙子 (zh), 骗子 (zh) (piànzi)
Czech: podvodník m
Esperanto: fripono (eo), trompisto
Finnish: huijari (fi), petkuttaja (fi)
French: escroc (fr) m, f, arnaqueur (fr) m, arnaqueuse (fr) f
German: Trickbetrüger m, Trickbetrügerin f, Hochstapler (de) m, Hochstaplerin f, Schwindler (de) m, Schwindlerin (de) f

Greek: απατεώνας (el) m (apateónas)
Indonesian: penipu (id)
Japanese: 詐欺師 (ja) (さぎし, sagishi)
Lingala: bacheque
Russian: моше́нник (ru) m (mošénnik), моше́нница (ru) f (mošénnica), жу́лик (ru) m (žúlik), афери́ст (ru) m (aferíst), афери́стка (ru) f (aferístka)
Spanish: estafador m
Swedish: svindlare (sv)

Anagrams

Nostratic, narcotist, tacitrons, tractions

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