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Originally Posted by Greenie
"chancers" is not a word. Did you mean Cancers? Cheaters? Chancers? (assuming that last one is a word)
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http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/CHANCER
Noun: chancer
Usage: Brit
1. Someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement
- gambler, risk taker
2. A person who places expediency above principle
- opportunist, self-seeker
http://english2american.com/dictionary/c.html
chancer n. Quite literally, a "chancer" is someone who is a bit of a taker of chances - generally those that involve things on the greyer side of society. "Chancers" are the sorts of people who buy random domain names in the hope someone will offer them a pile of money for them, or put all their money on the rank outsider in the 12:45 at Chepstow.
http://www.allwords.com/word-chancer.html
colloq, derog: Someone inclined to take any opportunity to profit, whether honestly or dishonestly.