petty thief, crook, racketeer · sly, cunning person
çekim: çoğul Gaunern · tamlayan Gauners
eş: Betrüger, Schwindler, Schlitzohr, Spitzbube
köken: From thieves’ cant (Rotwelsch) Jauner, Joner (“gambler, cardsharp”), attested ca. 1500 alongside the verb jonen. Further usually derived from Yiddish יוון (Yoven/Yovon, “Greece”), from Hebrew יָוָן (yāwān), because Greeks were said to be skilful cardsharps (compare French Grec in this sense). The anlaut is due to hypercorrection based on the widespread Central German pronunciation of initial g-…
aile: Gaunerei, gaunern, ergaunern
a useless lawyer
çekim: çoğul avocaillons
eş: avocasson
köken: From avocat + -aillon.
villain, scoundrel, rat, stinker
çekim: çoğul мерза́вцы · tamlayan мерза́вца
eş: подлец, негодяй, поганец, гад, подонок, отморозок
rascal, rogue, lowlife · knave, fraud, swindler, cheat (dishonest, deceitful person)
çekim: çoğul моше́ници
köken: Borrowed from Russian моше́нник (mošénnik), derived from Russian мошна́ (mošná, “sack, purse”) (Proto-Slavic *mošьna) + suffix -ик (-ik).
a person with no formal education on law, but who boast of their knowledge on this subject · shyster
çekim: çoğul avogados das silveiras
köken: Attested since the 19th century; literally, "bramble attorney".