Sharker

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who lives by trickery; a conman. archaic
  2. 2
    A shark fisher

Synonyms

All synonyms
con artistconfidence trickstergriftermountebankshark-gullsnake oil salesman

Etymology

From shark + -er. See sharking.

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