rooker
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9.9
- noun
- Offensive
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timador
- Then there was like a sea of dirty, smelly old men... trying to get at your humble narrator... with their feeble rookers and horny old claws.
Examples
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"APPREHENSION" by Rob Rooker.
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The shock sending my dada beating his bruised and krovvy rookers... against unfair Bog in His Heaven.
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I been out of the millicents' rookers for a long time.
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The con artist was known as a notorious rooker who preyed on the unsuspecting.
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Many considered him a rooker for tricking people out of their money.
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Even though he smiled, he was nothing more than a clever rooker hiding his deceit.
Synonyms
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3.9
A dishonest person who cheats or steals
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2.6
A person who breaks the rules or lies to get an advantage
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2.6
A person who acts dishonestly to gain an unfair advantage
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6.5
A person who behaves dishonestly and hurts others by lying or stealing
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4.8
A person who tricks people by gaining their trust to take their money or valuables
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4.0
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
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6.0
A person who lies to or cheats others, often to have fun
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9.1
A person who tricks others to get their money or things
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5.4
A person who tricks people to take their money
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9.9
A person, often a lawyer or politician, who acts dishonestly to get what they want
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9.9
A dishonest person who tricks or harms other people
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7.9
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
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9.2
A person who tricks others to get their money
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9.8
A person who cheats others by lying and taking their money
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9.9
A person who cheats or tricks others to get money
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9.9
A person who seems friendly but tricks others to get what they want
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7.9
A person who gets money by lying to or tricking people
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9.9
A person who cheats people to get money
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8.8
A person who cheats at card games to win money
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7.8
A person who tricks or cheats people, often as a joke
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9.9
A person who tricks others using clever, dishonest methods to get what they want
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9.6
A person who cheats at card games to win money from other players
A person who tricks others using clever talk to take their money
A person who tricks people to get their money or things
A person who cheats others with tricks or fake deals
A person who gets things by tricking or lying to others
A person who charges too much for goods or services
A person who cheats others to get small amounts of money
A person who cheats at card games to win money
A person who takes money unfairly by accepting bribes
How Dishonest
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rooker comes from the verb rook, which means 'to cheat' or 'to swindle'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the crow-like bird rook that takes shiny things; a rooker is someone who 'takes' money or goods by tricking people, which is why it means a cheat.