truffaldino

Definitions of truffaldino
  1. noun
    a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
    synonyms: imbroglione, lestofante, truffatore, versipelle
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    baro
    a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
    lestofante
    a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim
    type of:
    imbroglione, turlupinatore, versipelle
    someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
  2. noun
    someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
    synonyms: imbroglione, turlupinatore, versipelle
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    imbroglione, lestofante, truffatore, versipelle
    a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
    contraffattore, falsario
    someone who makes copies illegally
    prestanome
    a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
    ipocrita
    a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
    emulo, imitatore
    someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another
    impostore, saltimbanco
    a person who makes deceitful pretenses
    attore, bugiardo, mentitore
    a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
    buffone, ciarlatano, pagliaccio, saltimbanco
    a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
    baro
    a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
    lestofante
    a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim
    ballista
    someone who tells lies
    type of:
    contravventore, malfattore, reo
    a person who transgresses moral or civil law
  3. noun
    weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
    synonyms: imbroglione, versipelle
  4. noun
    weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
    synonyms: imbroglione, versipelle, zizzania
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    segala
    any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses
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