con
con /k'ɒn/ (cons conning conned)
1 [VERB] V n of/out of/into n/-ing, V way into n, be V-ed, also V n
If someone cons you, they persuade you to do something or believe something by telling you things that are not true. (INFORMAL)
He claimed that the businessman had conned him of £10,000...
White conned his way into a job as a warehouseman with Dutch airline, KLM...
The British motorist has been conned by the government.
= cheat, trick
2 [N-COUNT]
A con is a trick in which someone deceives you by telling you something that is not true. (INFORMAL)
Slimming snacks that offer miraculous weight loss are a con...
3 [N-COUNT]
A con is the same as a convict. (INFORMAL)
4
pros and cons: see pro
see also mod conscon art|ist (con artists)
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A con artist is someone who tricks other people into giving them their money or property.
= con mancon man (con men)
also conman
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A con man is a man who persuades people to give him their money or property by lying to them.
A few years ago she was the victim of a con man.
1 [VERB] V n of/out of/into n/-ing, V way into n, be V-ed, also V n
If someone cons you, they persuade you to do something or believe something by telling you things that are not true. (INFORMAL)
He claimed that the businessman had conned him of £10,000...
White conned his way into a job as a warehouseman with Dutch airline, KLM...
The British motorist has been conned by the government.
= cheat, trick
2 [N-COUNT]
A con is a trick in which someone deceives you by telling you something that is not true. (INFORMAL)
Slimming snacks that offer miraculous weight loss are a con...
3 [N-COUNT]
A con is the same as a convict. (INFORMAL)
4
pros and cons: see pro
see also mod conscon art|ist (con artists)
[N-COUNT]
A con artist is someone who tricks other people into giving them their money or property.
= con mancon man (con men)
also conman
[N-COUNT]
A con man is a man who persuades people to give him their money or property by lying to them.
A few years ago she was the victim of a con man.