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as in cheat
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
a heartless trickster swindled the elderly woman out of her life savings
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as in magician
one who practices tricks and illusions for entertainment
a very adept trickster who used mirrors to make huge items—even buildings—seem to disappear
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Loading your audio article SAN RAMON — A 45-year-old New York resident was arrested on suspicion of coming to the East Bay to pull off a scam whereby the victim unwittingly allows the trickster to remove expensive jewelry from their neck.
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Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2024
Along the way, Miguel meets the charming trickster Hector, famous musician Ernesto de la Cruz and deceased members of the Rivera family.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 15 Aug. 2024
Gemini can relate to keeping up appearances and the longing for another shot at romance (the trickster sign does everything twice since there are two of them).
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
Popular on Variety Craig Sweeny’s screenplay strikes a frequently arch posture to accommodate this trickster protagonist, which undermines any pretense of seriousness elsewhere.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
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Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2024
Along the way, Miguel meets the charming trickster Hector, famous musician Ernesto de la Cruz and deceased members of the Rivera family.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 15 Aug. 2024
Gemini can relate to keeping up appearances and the longing for another shot at romance (the trickster sign does everything twice since there are two of them).
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
Popular on Variety Craig Sweeny’s screenplay strikes a frequently arch posture to accommodate this trickster protagonist, which undermines any pretense of seriousness elsewhere.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trickster
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To his supporters, the bluff and feints were all tactics of a master negotiator taking on the world’s trade cheats.—
Laurent Belsie,
Christian Science Monitor,
11 Apr. 2025
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In addition, in the Fall of 2024 the IRS-CI increased its efforts against wealthy tax cheats with actions against 1,600 taxpayers earning more than a million dollars a year which by July of 2024 had already brought in $1 billion in collections.—
Steve Weisman,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Because a magic trick in the hands of a good magician — somebody who understands the psychology of how the moment works — can feel miraculous.—
Ashley Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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Shakespeare’s fantasy drama about a nearly deserted island ruled by a magician is directed by Robert H. Davis with original music by Kathryn Swanson.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2025
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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.—
Fatima Hussein,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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The baseball world will look back at this era of dodger baseball 30 years from now and have nothing but fond memories and positive things to say about it.—
Fabian Ardaya,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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To see how small businesses are responding, Forbes reached out to 10 Shark Tank entrepreneurs across multiple industries, along with each of their celebrity sharks.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Steve is out to find the jaguar shark who killed his partner, but Klaus finds his own enemy in a Zissou fan (Owen Wilson) who believes the undersea documentarian is his dad. 10.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2025
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