🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

사기꾼

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sagikkun

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pianzu/piˈɑn.zu/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"경찰은 국제적인 사기꾼 조직을 일망타진했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A swindler, con artist, or fraudulent person who deceives others for financial gain.

    "The local police issued a warning about internet pianzu who target elderly residents."
  2. 2

    A colloquial term used in financial and cybercrime contexts to designate professional scam syndicates.

    "Cybersecurity experts traced the sophisticated phishing campaign back to a group of international pianzu."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Mandarin Chinese compound word 骗子 (piànzi), combining 骗 (piàn, to cheat or swindle) and the nominal suffix 子 (zi). It entered cross-cultural lexicography through modern discussions concerning financial fraud, cybercrime, and con artists originating within or targeting Chinese-speaking communities.

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