He and Jim are joined by two tricksters.

他和吉姆遇到了两个拐子。

He was skinned of all his money by confidence tricksters.

他所有的钱都被骗子骗走了。

Tricksters: many characters in these works try to fool or deceive others.

骗子：这些作品中，许多角色都挖空心思愚弄或欺骗他人。

In ancient Japanese folktales, monkeys often appear as tricksters, cleverly duping other animals out of their rice ball or persimmon fruit.

在古老的日本民间故事里，猴子往往扮演爱恶作剧的妖精，狡狯地骗走其它动物的饭团或柿子。

Nigerian confidence tricksters have a long history of extorting money via the Internet through "419" scams, named after the clause that outlaws them in Nigeria's penal code.

奈国骗徒在网路上透过「419」骗术讹诈金钱的历史悠久，「419」骗术是以判决其不法的刑法为名。

In fact the professional circle world divides neatly. One hemisphere is occupied by questors, spiritualists and paranormalists, such as Blake; the other by makers, tricksters and artists.

实际上，麦田怪圈的世界里有两类人持有不同看法，一类是质问者、唯心主义者和像布莱克一样的超常规现象的研究者；另外一类则是怪圈制造者、恶作剧的人们和艺术家们。