詐欺師(さぎし)

さぎし
noun
swindler, con artist
1. swindler, con artist, fraud
A person who deceives others to obtain money or valuables through dishonest means.
詐欺師(さぎし)に騙(だま)された。
I was deceived by a con artist.
彼(かれ)は詐欺師(さぎし)として逮捕(たいほ)された。
He was arrested as a swindler.
詐欺師(さぎし)は巧(たく)みな話術(わじゅつ)で人(ひと)を騙(だま)す。
Con artists deceive people with skillful rhetoric.

A person who deceives others for money or profit. Strongly negative — calling someone a 詐欺師(さぎし) is a serious accusation.

FORMATION:
詐欺(さぎ) (fraud, swindle) + 師(し) (master, expert — here ironic, implying skill at deception).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 詐欺師(さぎし)に騙(だま)される: to be deceived by a con artist
  • 詐欺師(さぎし)として逮捕(たいほ)される: to be arrested as a swindler
  • 天才(てんさい)詐欺師(さぎし): genius con artist

RELATED TERMS:

  • 詐欺(さぎ): fraud, swindle
  • 詐欺(さぎ)罪(ざい): the crime of fraud
  • 振(ふ)り込(こ)め詐欺(さぎ): bank transfer scam (common in Japan)
  • ペテン師(し): swindler, charlatan (older, literary nuance)
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Added 2026.2.5 20:49 · Revised 2026.3.25 14:40
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