One entry found for trickster.

Entry Word: trickster
Function: noun
Text: 1 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>
Synonyms cheat, cheater, confidence man, cozener, defrauder, dodger, hoaxer, shark, sharper, swindler
Related Words double-crosser, double-dealer; bluffer, charlatan, fake, faker, humbug, imposter, mountebank, pretender, quack; adventurer, fox, knave, prankster, rascal, rogue; slicker, smoothy (or smoothie); plotter, schemer, sneak
2 one who practices tricks and illusions for entertainment <a very adept trickster who used mirrors to make huge items--even buildings--seem to disappear> -- see MAGICIAN 2