noun, verb
noun (informal)
1 [sing.] (also BrE formal confidence trick) (also AmE formal confidence game) a trick; an act of cheating sb:
The so-called bargain was just a big con! * (BrE) a con trick * (AmE) a con game * He's a real con artist (= a person who regularly cheats others).
seealsoCONMAN, MODCONS
2 [C] = CONVICT
IDIOMS see PROn.
verb (-nn-) [VN] ~ sb (into doing sth / out of sth) (informal) to trick sb, especially in order to get money from them or persuade them to do sth for you:
I was conned into buying a useless car. * They had been conned out of ｣100000. * He conned his way into the job using false references.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for con is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does con appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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