| 单词 | con artist |
| 释义 | > as lemmascon artist con artist n. colloquial (originally U.S.) a person who perpetrates a confidence trick or fraud; a con man or swindler; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > confidence trickster magsman1822 confidence man1849 con artist1878 con man1889 T.B.1912 payoff man1927 pay-off1928 samfie1929 1878 Inter Ocean (Chicago) 28 Mar. 8/1 Before Justice Summerfield yesterday... John Harvey, alias William Williams, great ‘con’ artist, $100. 1898 Times (Washington D.C.) 17 Aug. 6/1 The ex-Pittsburg twirler was positively invincible as long as he wanted to be, and, up to the seventh inning, he gave the visiting ‘con’ artists but four hits. 1899 Washington Post 29 June 2/2 ‘Ha! ha! ha!’ laughs the pop-eyed con artist. 1914 G. S. Hall Adolescence (new ed.) 923 As a consequence, the child may become a ‘con artist’ to deal with the inconsistencies. 1967 ‘T. Wells’ Dead by Light of Moon xiii. 126 A street merchant is a con artist who pretends to sell stolen goods. 1987 K. Lette Girls' Night Out (1989) 184 I, not he, had been the con artist. Emotional break and enter. 2002 A. Bellin Poker Nation ix. 145 The mark of a great scam is that the con artist can stay right where he is, because the pigeon never figures out what went down. < as lemmas |
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