2. Sharpers , as pikes, prey upon their own kind. L'Estrange .
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
Thief Roget’s Thesaurus §792
N. thief, robber, homo triumliterarum, pilferer, rifler, filcher, plagiarist, spoiler, depredator, pillager, marauder, harpy, shark*, land shark, falcon, mosstrooper, bushranger, bedouin|, brigand, freebooter, bandit, thug, dacoit, pirate, corsair, viking, paul jones|, buccaneer, buccanier|, piqueerer|, pickeerer|, rover, ranger, privateer, filibuster, rapparee, wrecker, picaroon, smuggler, poacher, abductor, badger*, bunko man, cattle thief, chor, contrabandist, crook, hawk, holdup man, hold-up*, jackleg*, kidnaper, rustler, cattle rustler, sandbagger, sea king, skin*, sneak thief, spieler, strong-arm man, highwayman, dick turpin, claude duval, macheath, footpad, sturdy beggar, cut purse, pick purse, pickpocket, light-fingered gentry, sharper, card sharper, skittle sharper, thimblerigger, rook*, greek, blackleg, leg, welsher*, defaulter, autolycus, jeremy diddler, robert macaire, artful dodger, trickster, swell mob*, chevalier d'industrie, shoplifter, swindler, peculator, forger, coiner, fence, receiver of stolen goods, duffer, smasher, burglar, housebreaker, cracksman, magsman*, bill sikes, jack sheppard, jonathan wild, gang, gang of thieves, theft ring, organized crime, mafia, the sicilian mafia, the mob, la cosa nostra, dillinger, al capone, robin hood
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2 KJV and 2 BSB verses contain “Sharper”
The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.