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noun

a person who victimizes others, as by swindling or cheating
☆ Slang a person with great ability in a given activity; adept; expert

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Archaic to get or live by fraud or stratagems

noun

any of various orders of cartilaginous fishes that are usually large and mostly marine, having a tough, spiny, usually slate-gray skin, separate lateral gill openings, and a slender, rounded body with the mouth on the underside: most sharks are fish-eaters, and some will attack humans

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