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forger
CIDE DICTIONARY
forger, n. [Cf. F. forgeur metal worker, L. fabricator artificer. See Forge, n. & v. t. , and cf. Fabricator.].
- One who forges, makes, of forms; a fabricator; a falsifier. [1913 Webster]
- Especially: One guilty of forgery; one who makes or issues a counterfeit document. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
forger
Artful Dodger, Casanova, Don Juan, Hephaestus, Machiavel, Machiavelli, Machiavellian, Vulcan, Wayland, actor, ape, bamboozler, befuddler, beguiler, charmer, coin-clipper, coiner, conformist, copier, copycat, copyist, counterfeiter, cuckoo, deceiver, deluder, dissembler, dissimulator, dodger, double-dealer, duper, echo, echoer, echoist, enchanter, entrancer, faker, farrier, fooler, gay deceiver, hoaxer, hypnotizer, hypocrite, imitator, impersonator, impostor, jilt, jilter, joker, jokester, kidder, leg-puller, mesmerizer, metalworker, mime, mimer, mimic, mimicker, minter, mintmaster, misleader, mocker, mockingbird, moneyer, monkey, parrot, phony, plagiarist, plagiarizer, playactor, poll-parrot, polly, polly-parrot, poseur, practical joker, ragger, role-player, seducer, sheep, simulator, smith, spoofer, tease, teaserROGET THESAURUS
forger
Agent
N doer, actor, agent, performer, perpetrator, operator, executor, executrix, practitioner, worker, stager, bee, ant, working bee, termite, white ant, laboring oar, servant of all work, factotum, workman, artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, operative, working man, laboring man, demiurgus, hewers of wood and drawers of water, laborer, navvy, hand, man, day laborer, journeyman, charwoman, hack, mere tool, beast of burden, drudge, fag, lumper, roustabout, maker, artificer, artist, wright, manufacturer, architect, builder, mason, bricklayer, smith, forger, Vulcan, carpenter, ganger, platelayer, blacksmith, locksmith, sailmaker, wheelwright, machinist, mechanician, engineer, sempstress, semstress, seamstress, needlewoman, workwoman, tailor, cordwainer, minister, servant, representative, coworker, party to, participator in, particeps criminis, dramatis personae, personnel, quorum pars magna fui, faber est quisque fortunae suae.Thief
N thief, robber, homo triumliterarum, pilferer, rifler, filcher, plagiarist, spoiler, depredator, pillager, marauder, harpy, shark, land shark, falcon, mosstrooper, bushranger, Bedouin, brigand, freebooter, bandit, thug, dacoit, pirate, corsair, viking, Paul Jones, buccaneer, buccanier, piqueerer, pickeerer, rover, ranger, privateer, filibuster, rapparee, wrecker, picaroon, smuggler, poacher, abductor, badger, bunko man, cattle thief, chor, contrabandist, crook, hawk, holdup man, hold-up, jackleg, kidnaper, rustler, cattle rustler, sandbagger, sea king, skin, sneak thief, spieler, strong-arm man, highwayman, Dick Turpin, Claude Duval, Macheath, footpad, sturdy beggar, cut purse, pick purse, pickpocket, light-fingered gentry, sharper, card sharper, skittle sharper, thimblerigger, rook, Greek, blackleg, leg, welsher, defaulter, Autolycus, Jeremy Diddler, Robert Macaire, artful dodger, trickster, swell mob, chevalier d'industrie, shoplifter, swindler, peculator, forger, coiner, fence, receiver of stolen goods, duffer, smasher, burglar, housebreaker, cracksman, magsman, Bill Sikes, Jack Sheppard, Jonathan Wild, gang, gang of thieves, theft ring, organized crime, mafia, the Sicilian Mafia, the mob, la cosa nostra, Dillinger, Al Capone, Robin Hood.For further exploring for "forger" in Webster Dictionary Online