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as in dodger
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
a traveling carnival that was run by fakirs preying on small-town rubes
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as in fake
one who makes false claims of identity or expertise
a fakir peddling patent medicines that were mostly liquor and sugar
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Recent Examples of fakir
Bankman-Fried has refined the persona of a dishevelled, savantlike techno-fakir.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
To be fair, the new nationalists have done their best, explicitly and repeatedly, to distance their emerging movement from white nationalists, alt-right fakirs, strident isolationists, and other assorted cranks.
—John Hood, National Review, 28 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fakir
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In contrast, anonymous digital cash is a tax dodger’s dream.—
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The layoffs of roughly 7,000 Internal Revenue Service probationary workers beginning this week probably mean the end of the agency’s plan to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collection, experts say.—
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This is a cruder example of how artificial intelligence is being used to create deep fakes.—
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As a bonus, this reusable fake is a fun prop to keep around for make-believe health care provider visits.—
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As faux-fur weather makes way for random pockets of sun and bursts of rain, Zendaya has pieced together the sartorial cheat code for transitional dressing.—
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The downside, of course, is the world now knows their cheat code.—
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The cotton quilt is lightweight enough for year-round use and includes two matching shams to complete the look.—
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The decision to annul November’s election had little precedent and handed a propaganda victory to Moscow, which has long dismissed Western democracy as a sham in which elites fix the results to suppress unorthodox views and guarantee an outcome favorable to the liberal establishment.—
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Saya de Malha Bank offers safe haven to an unprecedented biodiversity of seagrass habitats for turtles and breeding grounds for sharks, humpback and blue whales.—
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This elusive shark, previously known only from fish markets, was recorded at depths of over 1,700 feet.—
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Without a bit more heart and soul, the spinoff is just a pretender in a nicely tailored suit.—
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The bot will see you now: Therapists in the U.S. are getting ready for a battle with A.I. pretenders.—
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Holmes was convicted on four counts of fraud after lying to Theranos investors about her blood testing technology's reliability and was later sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2022.—
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But this would come as the result of a cutback in government spending that is currently categorized by Trump Administration officials as either waste, fraud, or non-essential in nature.—
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No, the danger is what those charlatans exploit, namely our vulnerability to the narrative of natural healing, the irresistible allure of conquering cancer with a simple, intuitive approach that lies entirely within our power, no chemo or surgery required.—
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There was too much history for anyone to dismantle, let alone a charlatan like Hitler.—
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“Fakir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fakir. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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