variants
or chiseller
as in dodger
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
the chiseler made off with nearly a million dollars before anyone realized what was going on
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Noun
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Blue Jays Trade Rumors Reaching New Peak Read more Los angeles dodgers Sandy Alcántara Trade?—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 July 2025 -
Prosecutors painted a portrait of him as an artful tax dodger who devised one scheme after another to avoid paying his income taxes.—
Jay Weaver
July 24,
Miami Herald,
24 July 2025
Noun
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The attack was confirmed on Thursday by Puerto Rico’s Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, who said an unidentified woman had sustained an open thigh wound that appeared consistent with a shark bite.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
1 Aug. 2025
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At the hospital, it was confirmed that a shark bite caused his injury, Kauffman said.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
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“Chiseler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chiseler. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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