trickster
noun
trick·ster
ˈtrik-stər 
Examples of trickster in a Sentence
a heartless trickster swindled the elderly woman out of her life savings
a very adept trickster who used mirrors to make huge items—even buildings—seem to disappear
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What one actually gets is some trickster having access to your bank account where the information is used, abused, bought or sold to nefarious individuals.
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
However, with Venus turning retrograde beginning on March 1st, Mercury’s trickster ways might be just too much.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 12 Mar. 2025
In both his poetry and his personal life, Frost was a trickster, saying one thing and almost always meaning another, and perhaps another still.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
From frame one, Bob Dylan, the creation, the idea, the trickster, the lone wolf, without attitude or affectation, your Dylan was no imitation.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 12 Feb. 2025
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
However, with Venus turning retrograde beginning on March 1st, Mercury’s trickster ways might be just too much.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 12 Mar. 2025
In both his poetry and his personal life, Frost was a trickster, saying one thing and almost always meaning another, and perhaps another still.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
From frame one, Bob Dylan, the creation, the idea, the trickster, the lone wolf, without attitude or affectation, your Dylan was no imitation.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 12 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for trickster
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“Trickster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trickster. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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trickster
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trick·ster
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