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Definition of con man in English: con mannounˈkɒn manˈkɑn mæn informal A man who cheats or tricks someone by gaining their trust and persuading them to believe something that is not true. Example sentencesExamples - Instead of being a two-bit con man, he became a bank robber, pulling off more than 25 robberies, sometimes two in one day.
- He's a thief, hustler, scamster, con man, who enjoys ripping off friends, family, waiters, old ladies, etc.
- He represents, not so much a political or ideological trend, as a definite social type: the cynical con man or hustler.
- From a con man's point of view, these two are brilliant.
- Given the film's widespread distribution, he suggests the con man works at a level of crime that intrigues the honest individual the world over.
- A con man simply inspires confidence in himself and his promised abilities and then uses that to exploit his audience.
- And it's no better to lose your hard-earned money to a credentialed huckster than to an out-and-out con man.
- I couldn't be a con man in real life because it's a much more dangerous form of acting.
- The ‘priory’ was a well-attested hoax by a French con man in the 1950s.
- He told the Democrat his life has been made a misery ever since a con man tricked his way into his home and made away with a substantial cash sum last October.
- Police allege the con man preyed on victims aged between 82 and 102 and used a number of guises to gain access to homes, including posing as an electrician.
- Every other fellow I come in contact with is a con man.
- Likewise, the secondary plot about the con man's murder wasn't very interesting until the end, but then it became both surprising and compelling.
- Only unshakable, transparent honesty could save you from the temptation of the con man.
- That doesn't mean that we shouldn't put the con man in jail.
- These are also historical truths, which only a con man (or a columnist hoping to camouflage the truth) would try to deny.
- There is a comparable parallel between me as an actor trying to convince the audience I know what I'm talking about and me as a con man convincing the mark I know what I'm talking about.
- He had been arrested by a small-town sheriff trying to distract attention from his own corruption and was convicted on the purchased testimony of a career con man.
- A detective questions a con man about associates.
- An eighty two year old lady had her pension and other belongings stolen by a con man, even though she tried to prevent the thief from entering her home.
Synonyms impostor, fake, sham, pretender, hoodwinker, masquerader, charlatan, quack, mountebank
Definition of con man in US English: con mannounˈkän manˈkɑn mæn informal A man who cheats or tricks someone by gaining their trust and persuading them to believe something that is not true. Example sentencesExamples - A con man simply inspires confidence in himself and his promised abilities and then uses that to exploit his audience.
- Every other fellow I come in contact with is a con man.
- There is a comparable parallel between me as an actor trying to convince the audience I know what I'm talking about and me as a con man convincing the mark I know what I'm talking about.
- He had been arrested by a small-town sheriff trying to distract attention from his own corruption and was convicted on the purchased testimony of a career con man.
- He's a thief, hustler, scamster, con man, who enjoys ripping off friends, family, waiters, old ladies, etc.
- And it's no better to lose your hard-earned money to a credentialed huckster than to an out-and-out con man.
- The ‘priory’ was a well-attested hoax by a French con man in the 1950s.
- Likewise, the secondary plot about the con man's murder wasn't very interesting until the end, but then it became both surprising and compelling.
- An eighty two year old lady had her pension and other belongings stolen by a con man, even though she tried to prevent the thief from entering her home.
- Given the film's widespread distribution, he suggests the con man works at a level of crime that intrigues the honest individual the world over.
- I couldn't be a con man in real life because it's a much more dangerous form of acting.
- Instead of being a two-bit con man, he became a bank robber, pulling off more than 25 robberies, sometimes two in one day.
- Police allege the con man preyed on victims aged between 82 and 102 and used a number of guises to gain access to homes, including posing as an electrician.
- That doesn't mean that we shouldn't put the con man in jail.
- He told the Democrat his life has been made a misery ever since a con man tricked his way into his home and made away with a substantial cash sum last October.
- These are also historical truths, which only a con man (or a columnist hoping to camouflage the truth) would try to deny.
- From a con man's point of view, these two are brilliant.
- Only unshakable, transparent honesty could save you from the temptation of the con man.
- A detective questions a con man about associates.
- He represents, not so much a political or ideological trend, as a definite social type: the cynical con man or hustler.
Synonyms impostor, fake, sham, pretender, hoodwinker, masquerader, charlatan, quack, mountebank
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