con
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7.2
- noun
- /kɑn/
- Informal
:
timo
- It's the biggest con in the world and that's why you don't see anybody running to embrace cryptocurrency.
- a con artist
- a con man
- a con game
And it's been a con and it's a sham.
- And it's been a con and it's a sham.
- And and I prided myself on that because I thought the whole wonderfulness was an act, that it was a con.
- There's a there's a a series called Psychology of a Con Artist.
Examples
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I'm a con artist, and I always have been.
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She was nearly fooled by the clever con that advertised fake luxury apartments.
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It's all a con job and everybody knows it.
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You are a con artist!
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And this is a con.
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His greatest discovery was that show business itself is the biggest con game of them all.
Academic text (2002) -
Maybe he was running a con, and when Fiske died, he got cold feet.
Fiction book (1992) -
It's a con job.
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This boy is the greatest pool hustler, a high-class con man.
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Alberts met him when both were duped by a con man selling fake artifacts.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
577
4.0
Deceiving someone to get money or an unfair advantage
294
3.0
A dishonest plan to get money by tricking people
163
3.9
An action that makes someone believe something not true
53
7.7
A clever trick to deceive someone
46
7.8
An illegal business that makes money by scams or threats
27
4.9
To use dishonest ways to cheat people
16
8.0
A dishonest plan to trick people and take their money
6
6.6
A dishonest trick that cheats people out of their money
2
9.9
A plan to cheat people and take their money
2
8.9
A dishonest trick that gains someone's trust to steal their money
1
9.9
A trick that cheats people out of their money, often in gambling or fake investments
1
6.6
A dishonest plan to gain someone's trust and then take their money or things
1
6.3
An illegal plan to get money by tricking people
A trick that cheats people out of money by gambling or selling worthless things
A trick that cheats people out of their money, often by selling fake property
A dishonest scheme that tricks people into giving money, often by selling worthless goods
Idioms
Compounds
40
4.8
A person who tricks people by gaining their trust to take their money or valuables
- Slang
1
7.9
A woman who tricks people into giving her money or valuable things by gaining their trust
- Slang
A government made by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties in the UK from 2010 to 2015
A scam that falsely says a product is good for the environment to get money or support
How Serious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Con meaning a trick comes from confidence as in a 'confidence trick', a plan that wins a person's 'trust' to fool them, so a 'con' is a trick that uses trust to deceive.