詐欺師(さぎし)

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

Forms

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 words

• 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)