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What is another word for sharpers?

Pronunciation: [ʃˈɑːpəz] (IPA)

Sharpers are individuals who are known for their cunning, deception, and dishonest behavior. Some synonyms for this term include hustlers, swindlers, cheats, tricksters, and con artists. These individuals often use their charm and charisma to manipulate others into believing their lies and deceitful actions. They prey upon vulnerable individuals and take advantage of their trust to achieve their sinister goals. Other synonyms for sharpers could include scammers, grifters, phonies, fraudsters, or schemers. It's important to be aware of these tricksters and their tactics so that you can protect yourself from becoming a victim to their schemes.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Sharpers

I ought now to leave you to your fate, for your folly in allowing yourself to be made a second time the prey of ordinary sharpers deserves punishment, the more as by your threat of breaking your promise you have forfeited all right to my clemency.
"Quicksands"
Adolph Streckfuss
Thus much, he reflected, Gottlieb must have possessed before falling into the hands of the sharpers, and so much therefore his substitute might surely sacrifice to the exigencies of the occasion.
"Quicksands"
Adolph Streckfuss
You're nothing more nor less than common card sharpers.
"The Box with the Broken Seals"
E. Phillips Oppenheim

Famous quotes with Sharpers

  • I can discover no political evil in suffering bullies, sharpers, and rakes, to rid the world of each other by a method of their own; where the law hath not been able to find an expedient.
    Jonathan Swift
  • In the land of small dogs we are all card-sharpers, we do everything in fun: in fun we feed all the small dogs with the crumbs of our feeling; in fun we make out we love every little dog we meet, and no one therefore can love properly in the land of small dogs; there is nothing genuine. Not even falsehood is genuine. (p. 257)
    Stig Dagerman

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