noun
- a person who cheats at card games, especially by using sleight of hand or deception
Usage: also spelled 'card sharp'; informal
Examples
- The casino hired security to watch for cardsharpers working the poker tables.
- He was known as a skilled cardsharper who could manipulate a deck with ease.
- The old Western movie featured a cardsharper who won the town's gold in a rigged game.
- She exposed the cardsharper's tricks by watching his hands carefully during the deal.
- The cardsharper was banned from every gambling establishment in the city.