sharper
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Synonyms for sharper
Synonyms
bilk, bilker, cheat, cheater, chiseler (or chiseller), confidence man, cozener, defrauder, dodger, fakir, finagler, fraudster [chiefly British], hoaxer, scammer, scamster, shark, sharpie (or sharpy), skinner, swindler, tricker, trickster
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For example, there is the Butch Lewis Act, which has nothing at all to do with boxing but, rather, is a bill to protect private pensions from being looted by corporate sharpers. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "There Are Some Things You Can't Shut Down," 20 Jan. 2018 The payday-lending industry is a parasite on people who, for whatever reason, can’t establish themselves with the various sharpers in our mainstream banking industry. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "The Payday Loan Racket," 17 Jan. 2018 Other sharpers were Doc Frame, Major James S. Showers and Colonel Rickett, who ran the Senate Saloon. — Darryl Levings, kansascity, "Bob Potee was KC's courtly 19th century gambling king | The Kansas City Star," 26 Jan. 2018 And the aboveground economy will remain the province of the unindicted sharpers who did such a great job with it in 2008. — Charles P. Pierce, SI.com, "Latest College Basketball Scandal Carries Stench of Prosecutorial Overreach," 30 Sep. 2017 The sophomore from Colleyville has been a touch sharper on field goals than Jonathan Song in the fall practices. — Carlos Mendez, star-telegram, "Out of close competition, TCU may have found itself a new kicker," 14 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sharper.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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