Deceiver
Nouns
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deceiver etc. (deceive) etc. Deception
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dissembler, hypocrite
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sophist, Pharisee, Jesuit, Mawworm, Pecksniff, Joseph Surface, Tartufe, Janus
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serpent, snake in the grass, cockatrice, Judas, wolf in sheep's clothing
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jilt
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shuffler, stool pigeon. liar etc. (lie) etc. Falsehood
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story-teller, perjurer, false witness, Scapin
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bunko steerer [U.S.], carpetbagger [U.S.], capper [U.S.], faker, fraud, four flusher [Slang], horse coper, ringer [Slang], spieler, straw bidder [U.S.]. imposter, pretender, humbug
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adventurer
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Cagliostro, Fernam Mendez Pinto
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ass in lion's skin etc. (bungler) Bungler
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actor etc. (stage player) The Drama. quack, charlatan, mountebank, saltimbanco, saltimbanque, empiric, quacksalver, medicaster, Rosicrucian, gypsy
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man of straw. conjuror, juggler, trickster, prestidigitator, jockey
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crimp, decoy, decoy duck
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rogue, knave, cheat
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swindler etc. (thief) Thief
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jobber.
Phrases
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saint abroad and a devil at home" [Bunyan].