cozener
One who cheats
A cozener is someone who cheats or deceives, particularly through trickery or fraud.
The word is archaic and literary, appearing mainly in older texts: The cozener had convinced the widow to sign over her estate.
The related verb cozen means to deceive or defraud through clever manipulation.
Fraud who deceives for profit
- grifterPetty fraud perpetrator
- fraudsterCriminal deceiver for gain
- scammerOne who defrauds others
- charlatanFaker claiming false expertise
impostor · cheat · trickster · mountebank · shark · bilker · fleecer · defrauder
Intentional criminal trickery
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
chicanery · subterfuge · artifice · hoax · sham · imposture · fakery · dupery
Skilled at deception
guileful · shrewd · devious · underhanded · slippery · calculating · insidious · sneaky
conman
Fraud who deceives for profit
charlatan · impostor · cheat · trickster · mountebank · shark · bilker · fleecer · defrauder · sharpie
fraud
Intentional criminal trickery
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
duplicity · chicanery · subterfuge · artifice · hoax · sham · imposture · fakery · dupery · fabrication
wily
Skilled at deception
artful · guileful · shrewd · devious · underhanded · slippery · calculating · insidious · sneaky · furtive
scheme
Calculated strategy, often secretive
connive · finagle · wangle · inveigle · entrap · ensnare · dupe · fleece · swindle · defraud
cozenerstraight shooter
Forthright, blunt person
truth-teller · honest broker · straight arrow · mensch · saint