“God marks a hate”, - they speak of people with two characteristic features: a tendency to cheat and some special sign. Not always fraudsters have external signs that distinguish them from decent people. But in those cases when there are distinctive features, those around are sincerely rejoicing at such an opportunity. In addition, in which case - a verbal portrait is easier to compose.
So all the same, what a sham, what does this word mean? There is such a plant - kotyk steppe (erigeron canadense), it is also a small peta canadian. This is a weed spread on the territory of Russia, and village workers mercilessly fight it. It is also called shellac or rascal.
In addition to the botanical meaning, there is another, noted in many explanatory dictionaries, in particular Ozhegova and Dahl. It is possible that the etymology in both cases is common. It is permissible to say about the word "assault" that it is a synonym for the concepts of "rogue", "schemer" and "fraudster".
There are many derivatives that express, depending on intonation, even some good-natured censure, mixed with a considerable amount of admiration. “What a sloven!” - they say about a merry baby who is active in life and pleases parents, grandparents. Of course, such a cheerful aggressiveness indicates the excellent health and normal development of the child, which serves as an occasion for the most positive emotions.
In relation to female personalities, the options are “slamming” or the diminutive expression “slamming”, which also does not carry a negative burden, and notes some kind of funny cheating, characteristic of some representatives of the fair half of humanity.
More often, people mean, talking about someone “slam”, that this is a person who seeks to deceive others and get profit at their expense. As a rule, despite various tricks and tricks, any fraud will ultimately be exposed. People who earn their daily bread with hard work are extremely intolerant of those who wish to parasitize on them. Here it’s difficult to count on good-natured and encouraging notes. They can simply beat or contact the police. In general, hard workers do not like scammers looking for easy money.
In the old days, they called card cheaters. If the player’s face was covered with scars from wounds clearly inflicted by the candlesticks, this served as a sign that there was a sludge at the table, that it was (in modern language) rolled. There was such a good tradition in old Russia to beat scammers with candelabra and celebrate a rogue for life.
The expression "defamed by the executioner" is also outdated. Today the word “thief” is not burned out on the forehead; the criminal code does not provide for this type of punishment. But two hundred and three hundred years ago, a swindler caught red-handed could easily get such a lifelong “marking” coupled with torn nostrils. We live in a tolerant time. Criminals mark themselves with tattoos, and on a voluntary basis.
In the slang of the underworld, there was a sense of the word "assault." Its meaning is a woman of easy virtue. Why prostitutes are called so, history is silent. It is possible that thieves thus define the deceitful nature of corrupt love.