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"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "a person who practices fraud",
"word": "fraudanto"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "a person who practices fraud",
"word": "fraudero"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "a person who practices fraud",
"word": "penipu"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sagikkun",
"sense": "a person who practices fraud",
"word": "사기꾼"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "a person who practices fraud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fraudātor"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "catiyaṉ",
"sense": "a person who practices fraud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ചതിയൻ"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "vañcakaṉ",
"sense": "a person who practices fraud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "വഞ്ചകൻ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a person who practices fraud",
"word": "kaitāware"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "a person who practices fraud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fraudaire"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a person who practices fraud",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estafador"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a person who practices fraud",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bedragare"
}
],
"word": "fraudster"
}
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