con artist
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4.8
- noun
- /kɒn ˈɑːrtɪst/
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- During the investigation, the police uncovered several schemes run by con artists.
- duped by con artists
- scam by con artists
- bilked by con artists
As we know, Trump, above all else is a con artist and a grifter.
- As we know, Trump, above all else is a con artist and a grifter.
- We, you know, con artists work on us by getting us to agree to all sorts of things.
- The man is a walking, talking con artist.
- And so now I'm in Nairobi and I'm wearing my like suit and with the World Bank for the summer and my laptop gets stolen by two enterprising con artists, very charming.
- I'm going to say con man, con person, so con artist that makes it sound too glamorous.
- I did ATV show called Inside the Mind of a Con Artist.
- So pretty soon Leveson's wife, ex-wife ends up marrying the con artist.
- Well, I was, I was thinking as I was watching your show recently that we both play a kind of con artist, which is a kind of actor.
- And as much as she's not one of them at all, she's just a great con artist and but no one, no one can quite say that.
- Anthony Ginyak is an example of the con artist who came from an absolutely awful background and sort of shot for the stars, so to speak.
Examples
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I'm a con artist, and I always have been.
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I just want to know how a two-bit con artist like you got involved with Lev Dellrayne.
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This woman is an international con artist.
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You are a con artist!
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Her old friend was still the same old con artist, naturally.
Fiction book (2000) -
That's what all the good con artists want you to think.
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She's an exceptional con artist.
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The most dangerous con artist is a brilliant one who is confident, attractive, and persuasive.
Blog text (21) -
Talon may look nice, but it's a hotspot for pickpockets and con artists.
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The con artist tricked the elderly couple into giving him their life savings.
Synonyms
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4.4
A person who pretends to be something they are not to trick others
153
3.9
A dishonest person who cheats or steals
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6.5
A person who behaves dishonestly and hurts others by lying or stealing
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5.1
A person who pretends to be someone else to trick people
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4.7
A person who tricks people by gaining their trust to get their money
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8.6
A person who says they have special skills to trick people
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4.0
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
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6.0
A person who lies to or cheats others, often to have fun
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5.4
A person who tricks people to take their money
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5.5
A person who tricks others by making them believe something not true
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7.9
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
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9.2
A person who tricks others to get their money
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8.4
A man who tricks people by gaining their trust and taking their money
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7.9
A woman who tricks people into giving her money or valuable things by gaining their trust
1
7.9
A person who gets money by lying to or tricking people
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9.9
A person who cheats others to get money or things
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7.8
A person who tricks or cheats people, often as a joke
A woman who gains people's trust to trick them out of money
A person who tricks people into giving their money
A person who tricks people to get their money or things
A person who cheats others with tricks or fake deals
A person who gets things by tricking or lying to others
A person who cheats or overcharges people to get money
A person who tricks others using clever talk to take their money
A person who tricks others by saying things that are not true
Antonyms
How Dishonest
Surface Forms
Morphology
con + artist
The meaning 'a person who deceives others' is directly derivable from 'con' (to swindle) combined with 'artist' functioning as an agent noun meaning 'someone who does X'. This agentive, compositional pattern is common and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should understand 'con artist'.
Etymology
The noun con artist comes from the idea of someone who is an artist at con, where con is short for 'confidence' meaning 'trust'. Imagine a person who is very good at winning your trust and then uses that trust to 'cheat' you, so con artist means someone who tricks people to take their money.