詐欺師
解説 Definition
他人をだまし、信頼を裏切る人を指します。詐欺師や嘘つきで、巧妙に相手を騙す人物を表現します。
A deceiver is a person who tricks other people by making them believe something false. The word is used for dishonest people in everyday life, stories, and serious situations such as fraud. It has a clearly negative meaning.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
deceive「だます」を知っていれば、deceiver は teacher や runner と同じ -er が付いた『だます人』。まず deceive → deceiver の形で結びつけると覚えやすいです。liar が単に『うそをつく人』なのに対し、deceiver は相手を信じ込ませ、信用を裏切る響きが強め。deceptive「人を惑わすような」と合わせて覚えると、語族で定着します。恋愛・商売・ネット詐欺など『最初は信用させる場面』を思い浮かべると意味がぶれません。
Build it from `deceive + -er`, a person who deceives. To remember the stronger sense, picture crime words around it: `victim`, `fraud`, `investigators`, `stole money`. That keeps it closer to a cheat or swindler, not just someone who tells a lie.
例文
The deceiver was caught after years of fraud.
その詐欺師は、長年にわたり詐欺を働いた末に逮捕されました。
He was exposed as a deceiver who had stolen from his friends.
彼は、友人たちから盗みを働いていた詐欺師だと正体を暴かれました。
The deceiver's scheme was uncovered by investigators.
その詐欺師の企みは捜査員によって暴かれました。
deceiver の語源・成り立ち Etymology
deceiverはdeceive「だます」に行為者の-erが付いた語で、deceiveはラテン語decipereに由来します。de-＋capere「つかむ」から成り、receiveやconceiveと同じcap-系で、「真実から外れるよう人を捕える」と考えると腑に落ちます。
Deceiver is built from deceive and the agent ending -er. Deceive comes from Latin decipere, formed from de- and capere, "to take" or "grasp." The original sense was of catching or misleading someone away from the truth. Related English words from the same root include receive and conceive.
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