Reverse Dictionary: SHARPER

NOUNS – PERSON
► BAMBOOZLER one who hoaxes or mystifies by trickery; a trickster; a swindler; a cheat or sharper → 1702
► BANCO-STEERER a swindler; a sharper, a confidence-trick man → 1876 US sl. 
► BARNARD the member of a gang of swindlers who acts as a decoy; a lurking scoundrel; a sharper → 1532 obs.
► BAT-FOWLER a swindler, a sharper who makes victims of the simple or credulous → 1602 sl. obs.
► BEAN TRAP a well-dressed, high-class confidence man; a stylish sharper → 1881 criminals’ sl.
► BEAU-TRAP a confidence trickster, especially a card-sharp; a well-dressed sharper on the lookout for raw country visitors and the like → a1674 sl.
► BERNARD the member of a gang of swindlers who acts as a decoy; a lurking scoundrel; a sharper → 1532 obs.
► BESTER one who gets the better of others by dishonest or fraudulent means; a swindler, a sharper, a cheater → 1856 sl. rare
► BITE a sharper, a swindler, a cheat, an impostor → Bk1698 obs.
► BITER a card-sharp → 1674 UK sl.
► CATAIAN a rogue, a scoundrel, a rascal, a knave, a blackguard; a sharper → 1598 obs.
► CHUB a sharper → 1698 UK criminals’ sl.
► COGGER a sharper, cheat, deceiver, swindler, one who beguiles → 1580
► CONY-CATCHER a deceiver; a trickster; a sharper → c1590 cant
► CROOK one whose conduct is crooked; a dishonest person; a swindler, a sharper; a professional criminal or an associate of criminals → 1879 colloq.
► DABBER MOLL a cunning woman; a sharper → M19 UK criminals’ sl.
► DECOY a swindler, a sharper; an impostor or ‘shark’ who lives by his wits at the expense of his dupes → 1618 obs.
► ELBOW-SHAKER a gamester or sharper → 1725
► FLASH-COMPANION a thief; a sharper → Bk1893 sl.
► FLASH-COVE a thief; a sharper → 1825 sl.
► FORTUNE BITER a sharper, a swindler → 1698 US
► GAMBLER a sharper, a tricking gamester → 19C sl.
► GENTLEMAN OF THE GREEN BAIZE ROAD a card-sharper → 1889 UK sl.
► GLIBS a sharper; a pert, sharp person → 1787 Sc. obs.
► GREEK a cunning or wily person; a cheat; a card sharper→ E16 arch.
► HAWK one who preys on others; a rapacious person; a sharper, swindler, or cheat; one who is keen and grasping → 1548
► INT a sharper → 1621
► JACK-IN-A-BOX a sharper or cheat; a thief who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money → 1612 obs.
► JACK-IN-BOX a sharper who cheated tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for similar looking ones full of money → Bk1852
► JACK-IN-THE-BOX a sharper or cheat; a thief who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money → 1570 obs.
► MACE-COVE a confidence trickster; a swindler; a sharper; a cheat → 1823 sl.
► NEEDLE a confidence trickster, a sharper, a cheat → 1790 sl.
► NEEDLE-POINT a sharper → c1696 sl.
► NEEDLE-POINTER a card-sharp → 1698 US sl.
► NEWGATE-BIRD a thief, a sharper, a jailbird → 1607 sl.
► NEWGATE-NIGHTINGALE a thief, a sharper, a jailbird → c1531 sl.
► NICKUM a sharper → Bk1902 sl.
► OPERATOR a card-sharper, a cheat at cards → 1731 obs.
► PIGEONER a swindler or a sharper → 1849 colloq.
► RANK NEEDLE a confidence trickster, a sharper, a cheat → 1790 sl.
► RIGGER a ‘thimblerigger’; a professional sharper who cheats by thimblerigging; also, one who cheats by means of tricks, or juggles with phrases, etc. → 1840
► SHARK a worthless and impecunious person who gains a precarious living by sponging on others, by executing disreputable commissions, cheating at play, and petty swindling; a parasite, a sharper → 1600 obs.
► TAME-CHEATER a card cheat; a professional card-sharper or false-dicer→ 1890 criminals’ sl. obs.
► TARTARIAN a thief; a noisy blustering villain; a strolling vagabond; a sharper → 1608 cant