а ж., -и swindler, rascal, scoundrel, impostor, crook, cheat, fraud, defrauder, fraudster; knave, rogue, trickster, dirty fellow, nobbler, shark (обикн. политик, адвокат); shyster, разг. fiddler, bad egg, sl. (black) leg; sl. gyp; (обикн. на карти) sharper, palmer, rook; банда ~ци a pack of scoundrels, разг. long firm.