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No hard feelings, chiseler, but I sure would like to put a couple of slugs in your belly!
WORD ORIGIN
1824, "one who works with a chisel," agent noun from chisel (v.). In slang sense of "swindler," attested from 1918.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR CHISELER
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nounperson who fools othersrobber
nounperson who steals- bandit
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- burglar
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- cat burglar
- cattle thief
- cheat
- chiseler
- con artist
- corsair
- crook
- desperado
- despoiler
- fence
- forager
- fraud
- grafter
- hijacker
- holdup artist
- housebreaker
- looter
- marauder
- mugger
- operator
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- pillager
- pirate
- plunderer
- prowler
- punk
- raider
- rustler
- safecracker
- sandbagger
- second-story operator
- shoplifter
- stealer
- stickup
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sharper
nouncheatshyster
noununscrupulous lawyer; swindlerswindler
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