duper
One who deceives
A duper is someone who deceives or tricks others.
The word derives from dupe, meaning to fool someone, so a duper is the one doing the fooling: The duper convinced elderly victims to hand over their savings.
The term is informal and relatively uncommon compared to alternatives like con artist or scammer.
Cunning deceiver in myth
- swindlerPerson who deceives for money
- fraudsterCriminal deceiver for gain
- con artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
- charlatanFaker claiming false expertise
impostor · hoaxer · scammer · grifter · faker · cheat · bamboozler · mountebank
Deception for financial gain
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
- conArgument against
ruse · trick · flimflam · bamboozle · hoodwink · bunco · hustle · grift
Cleverly deceptive
- slyCleverly deceptive
- wilySkilled at deception
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- schemingCrafty and calculating
devious · artful · slick · shrewd · calculating · underhanded · manipulative · guileful
trickster
Cunning deceiver in myth
- swindlerPerson who deceives for money
- fraudsterCriminal deceiver for gain
- con artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
charlatan · impostor · hoaxer · scammer · grifter · faker · cheat · bamboozler · mountebank · flimflammer
swindle
Deception for financial gain
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
con · ruse · trick · flimflam · bamboozle · hoodwink · bunco · hustle · grift · chicanery
crafty
Cleverly deceptive
scheming · devious · artful · slick · shrewd · calculating · underhanded · manipulative · guileful · sneaky
dupertruth-teller
One who speaks accurately
honest broker · straight shooter · whistleblower · revealer · exposer
- super duperEmphatically, enthusiastically great
- duplicate keyCopied lock opener
- in duplicateIn two copies
- spirit duplicatorSolvent-based document copier
- duplicate chargeRepeated identical transaction fee
- remove duplicates
dupe, duplicate, duplicity, duplicated, duped, duplicates, duping, dupable, duplicator