as in cheat
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
carnival sharpers eager to relieve the yokels of their money
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Recent Examples of sharper
Yet as Russian war atrocities have become more evident, and Ukraine’s need for heavy armor has increased, the lines have grown blurrier and the rhetoric sharper.
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David E. Sanger, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model.
—Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 19 Feb. 2021
Where Super Mario 64 suffers is in its environmental textures, which don't appear to have been redrawn to look any sharper on higher-resolution screens.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2020
For example, there is the Butch Lewis Act, which has nothing at all to do with boxing but, rather, is a bill to protect private pensions from being looted by corporate sharpers.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 20 Jan. 2018
The payday-lending industry is a parasite on people who, for whatever reason, can’t establish themselves with the various sharpers in our mainstream banking industry.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 17 Jan. 2018
Other sharpers were Doc Frame, Major James S. Showers and Colonel Rickett, who ran the Senate Saloon.
—Darryl Levings, kansascity, 26 Jan. 2018
And the aboveground economy will remain the province of the unindicted sharpers who did such a great job with it in 2008.
—Charles P. Pierce, SI.com, 30 Sep. 2017
The sophomore from Colleyville has been a touch sharper on field goals than Jonathan Song in the fall practices.
—Carlos Mendez, star-telegram, 14 Aug. 2017
David E. Sanger, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model.
—Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 19 Feb. 2021
Where Super Mario 64 suffers is in its environmental textures, which don't appear to have been redrawn to look any sharper on higher-resolution screens.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2020
For example, there is the Butch Lewis Act, which has nothing at all to do with boxing but, rather, is a bill to protect private pensions from being looted by corporate sharpers.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 20 Jan. 2018
The payday-lending industry is a parasite on people who, for whatever reason, can’t establish themselves with the various sharpers in our mainstream banking industry.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 17 Jan. 2018
Other sharpers were Doc Frame, Major James S. Showers and Colonel Rickett, who ran the Senate Saloon.
—Darryl Levings, kansascity, 26 Jan. 2018
And the aboveground economy will remain the province of the unindicted sharpers who did such a great job with it in 2008.
—Charles P. Pierce, SI.com, 30 Sep. 2017
The sophomore from Colleyville has been a touch sharper on field goals than Jonathan Song in the fall practices.
—Carlos Mendez, star-telegram, 14 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sharper
Noun
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The downside, of course, is the world now knows their cheat code.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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Technically, this is a cheat: 2018’s Liberation tried this too, but to middling effect.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In contrast, anonymous digital cash is a tax dodger’s dream.—
David G.W. Birch,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 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
Noun
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As the massive marine animals close in on Florida’s spring break destinations, experts stress that shark attacks are tracking much lower than average across the world.—
Julia Bonavita,
Fox News,
15 Mar. 2025
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The University of Florida is widely known for its annual investigation of shark bites around the world, but a new study by researchers at the school does a deep dive into 20 years of bites from an even deadlier species: venomous snakes.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA TODAY,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Its residents were the usual suspects—moonshiners, prohibition runners, alligator skinners, and plume hunters, who, at the beginning of the 20th century, were slowly decimating the bird population to support the fashion for exotic feathers in women’s hats.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Mar. 2025
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Inskip and her colleagues zeroed in on the medieval city of Winchester, which had not only skinners, tailors, and furriers, but also a hospital for leprosy patients.—
BySean Cummings,
science.org,
7 Aug. 2024
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“Sharper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharper. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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