as in cheat
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
they're equal-opportunity con artists: trickers of plutocrats and pensioners alike
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But there are still assassins, henchmen, and dirty trickers galore here, all doing their secretive part for the red, white, and blue.
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Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2024
At Aspen Mountain, the most challenging of the four mountains, lessons are available for those wishing to hone their turning skills on the resort's blue runs or master its tricker, more advanced sections.
—Brandon Perlman, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2024
Polymetallic sulfides might prove tricker to exploit.
—Eliza Gkritsi, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2024
His situation becomes tricker when a band of assassins starts chasing him.
—Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
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Others might feel the author cheats here, leaving it up to the reader to decide.—
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The movie follows a group of petty cheats, liars and drunks who are duped by nefarious opportunists who visit their crumbling town.—
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But my collection intentionally ignored the fraudulent exploits of billionaire heirs, tax dodgers and corporate magnates — defense contracts, government lobbying, bank accounts in Switzerland, shell companies in Panama, citizenship of Antigua and political asylum in London.—
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Denise Rich, a Democratic donor, gave four hundred and fifty thousand dollars to his Presidential-library foundation, and Clinton, on his final day in office, pardoned her ex-husband, Marc Rich, a tax dodger and a sanctions evader who’d fled to Switzerland.—
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Authorities in California confirmed last week that 55-year-old Erica Fox died from a shark attack.—
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Thirty sharks were added, too, before the exhibit opened to the public in April 2003.—
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Yet as Russian war atrocities have become more evident, and Ukraine’s need for heavy armor has increased, the lines have grown blurrier and the rhetoric sharper.—
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Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model.—
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“Tricker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tricker. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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