A coal dealer who buys sacks of coal or charcoal from other dealers, transfers the contents to sacks of smaller size, and fraudulently sells these…

Law. A person who procures a grant of ancient or alleged Crown rights in order to repossess concealed land (concealed land n. at concealed, adj.…

one who breaks bulk, a captain that abstracts part of his cargo.

slang. In quot.: a con man who uses a sale of the contents of a deceased person's house as a front to auction inferior quality furniture from…

(a) one who makes a livelihood by preying upon seamen when ashore; (b) a land-grabber; (c) a lean breed of hog.

(chiefly in 18th cent.) an agent of an insurance broker who issued side bets (known as ‘insurances’) on the outcome of the lottery.

one who ‘cooks’ land for the market.

An itinerant swindler (see quot. 1819).

a person who sets up a fraudulent business; cf. sense A. 2b.

One who scuttles a ship; esp. with the design of ‘losing’ her and claiming the insurance-money.

slang. ‘A swindling tipster’ (Barrère & Leland).

A man who perpetrates a prop game (prop game, n.).