Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat or lasso.

One who ropes goods; a packer.

(slang) Synonym of outside man (“accomplice who locates a mark to be swindled by a confidence trickster”)

A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.

(slang) An undercover informer.

(gaming) Any of a variety of monsters with tentacles that they use to capture victims.