sniper
/ˈsnaɪpər/ noun [C]Definition
› someone who shoots at people from a place they cannot see
› on a website, someone who makes an offer for an item just before the end of an auction (= a sale in which things are sold to the person who offers the most money)
(Definition of sniper noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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