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as in cheat
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
a heartless trickster swindled the elderly woman out of her life savings
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as in magician
one who practices tricks and illusions for entertainment
a very adept trickster who used mirrors to make huge items—even buildings—seem to disappear
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Recent Examples of trickster
Over the course of a decade, Estonian avant-garde rapper Tommy Cash has become one of pop music’s eminent tricksters.
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Reanna Cruz, Vulture, 13 May 2025
The daughter of the trickster god Anansi, Abena spent her entire life terrified that her dad would lose her in a bet, and still bears a grudge that the Doctor couldn't take her away.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 May 2025
With her life in danger, Lydia turns to a certain trickster for assistance.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2024
What one actually gets is some trickster having access to your bank account where the information is used, abused, bought or sold to nefarious individuals.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
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Reanna Cruz, Vulture, 13 May 2025
The daughter of the trickster god Anansi, Abena spent her entire life terrified that her dad would lose her in a bet, and still bears a grudge that the Doctor couldn't take her away.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 May 2025
With her life in danger, Lydia turns to a certain trickster for assistance.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2024
What one actually gets is some trickster having access to your bank account where the information is used, abused, bought or sold to nefarious individuals.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trickster
Noun
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Think of it as a cheat code to level up flavor on easy summer dishes.—
Adam Mills,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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The tokens will represent over 200 companies, including private companies like Sam Altman’s OpenAI or Elon Musk’s SpaceX. There’s a big scandal in the world of squash Is the world’s best player a cheat?—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
Noun
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Thank you for your exceedingly gracious evocation of my magician’s silks while brandishing your own.—
John Updike,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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The way the number two seed twiddles with his racket with a magician’s sleight of hand is mesmerizing.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Try, try again Speaking of classes, the eight options here tend to fall into the usual archetypes for this kind of action-adventure game: the tank, the mage, the defensive specialist, the dextrous dodger, etc.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2025
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The layoffs of roughly 7,000 Internal Revenue Service probationary workers beginning this week probably mean the end of the agency’s plan to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collection, experts say.—
Fatima Hussein,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Details of the species of shark involved were not released.—
Mark Price
Updated July 8,
Miami Herald,
8 July 2025
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The waters along the South Cape and Islands, where recreational shark fishing for non-white shark species has historically occurred, are not included in the regulations.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
7 July 2025
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“Trickster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trickster. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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