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CHISELLER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chiseller mean?
• CHISELLER (noun)
The noun CHISELLER has 1 sense:
1. a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
Familiarity information: CHISELLER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
chiseler; chiseller; defrauder; gouger; grifter; scammer; swindler
Hypernyms ("chiseller" is a kind of...):
beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chiseller"):
card shark; card sharp; card sharper; cardsharp; cardsharper; sharper; sharpie; sharpy (a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games)
clip artist (a swindler who fleeces the victim)
con artist; con man; confidence man (a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim)
welcher; welsher (someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager)
Derivation:
chisel (deprive somebody of something by deceit)
chisel (engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud)
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