chancer
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈtʃænsər/
- Offensive
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sinvergüenza
- Too many chancers believe they can cut corners and get away with it.
- a second chancer
So I wasn't one of these like a chancer or, or an idiot on gear.
- So I wasn't one of these like a chancer or, or an idiot on gear.
Examples
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Look at chancers like Damian Hurst... built up by Saatchi as part of a market-making move... and with zero talent for anything but self-publicity.
Blog text (31) -
Dublin is a city of chancers and cheats and backstabbing snakes.
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Not bad for a chancer from Watford, eh?
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Some chancer took a fancy to my handbag.
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Yeah, well, it's the chancers and cheats that you have to watch out for.
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We're looking for this scruffy chancer, not some swashbuckling pirate hunting for buried treasure.
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Haven't you heard about these chancers dressed up in orange overalls, pretending to be dustbin boys and coming round for Christmas boxes?
Fiction book (1996) -
The main character is a chancer who cons his way on board the boat and is taken for an entertainment officer (Polish kaowiec, from K&O, kultura and oswiata, or culture and education) - a role that he accepts without protest.
Academic text (2016) -
He's just a chancer trying to take advantage of the situation.
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Tom is not trustworthy; he's a notorious chancer known for bending the rules.
Synonyms
112
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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9.9
A person who cheats at card games to win money
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6.0
A person who lies to or cheats others, often to have fun
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9.9
A person who cheats others to get money or things
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8.5
A person who secretly tries to get an advantage by tricking others
A person who gets things by tricking or lying to others
A person who quickly takes advantage of mistakes or chances to get ahead
Antonyms
How Opportunistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chancer comes from the common word chance ('luck' or 'risk') plus the ending -er ('one who'), so it literally meant someone who takes chances. That's why a chancer today is a person who takes risky chances to get ahead, often by bending the rules or acting dishonestly.