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con man

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con man
n. Slang
A confidence man.
con man
n Informal
1. a person who swindles another by means of a confidence trick
2. a plausible character More formal term confidence man
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.con mancon man - a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim
con artist, confidence man
chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, grifter, scammer, swindler, gouger - a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
Translations
con man
n pl <con men> (inf) → Schwindler m, → Bauernfänger m (inf); (pretending to have social status) → Hochstapler m; (promising marriage) → Heiratsschwindler m
con man n → truffatore m
con man n → truffatore m


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