noun, masculine/ɛs.kʁo/plural: escrocs
crook (a criminal who steals); baddy (evil character)
“Al Capin’s méritait son nom. Essayer de me vendre, à ce prix, un pin’s de chat ! Parole, en me prenant pour un pigeon, il tombait mal, cet escroc.”
Synonyms: arnaqueur, esquiveur, filou, fourbe, fripon
Borrowed from Italian scrocco, from Old High German *scurgo (attested in Old High German fiurscurgo (“fire-maker, stoker”); modern German Schurke, schüren), from Old High German scurgen.