chiseler
3
9.8
- noun
- /ˈtʃɪzələr/
- Offensive
:
timador
- Everyone in town knows he's a chiseler who tricks unsuspecting tourists out of their money.
- welfare chiselers
- small-time chiseler
Examples
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I've spent a long time building up this organization and I'm not going to break it down for some five-and-10-cent chiseler.
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And you know he's a chiseler because he's chiseling you.
Fiction book (1990) -
There goes Bob, the chiseler!
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I live with the guy, ya cheap little chiseler.
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Now look, you cheap, rotten chiseler.
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How much are they paying you, you one-eyed chiseler?
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Don't tell me you married that chiseler?
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I'd like to kick that chiseler's teeth out.
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Julie called Zach a chiseler and a con artist, but he wasn't really.
Fiction book (1991) -
You got this play away from Baumann and you gave it to Stengel, you double-dealing chiseler.
Synonyms
153
3.9
A dishonest person who cheats or steals
112
2.6
A person who breaks the rules or lies to get an advantage
20
4.0
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
16
9.1
A person who tricks others to get their money or things
15
5.4
A person who tricks people to take their money
1
9.9
A person who cheats others to get money or things
1
9.9
A person who cheats people to get money
1
7.9
A person who gets money by lying to or tricking people
1
9.9
A person who tricks others using clever, dishonest methods to get what they want
A person who tricks people to get their money or things
How Dishonest
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chiseler comes from the tool chisel, a tool used to cut or 'chip' small pieces from stone or wood. Think of someone who 'chips away' at other people's money with small tricks, which is why a chiseler means a person who cheats people.