CON GAME vs CON: NOUN
- A swindle in which the mark, or victim, is defrauded after his or her trust has been won.
- Same as confidence game.
- A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- A confidence game.
- A swindle.
- One who holds an opposing opinion or view.
- The area or structure on a vessel from which the vessel is conned.
- The position or authority of the officer conning a vessel.
- A convict.
- An argument or opinion against something.
- A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
- An argument opposed to a proposal
- A variant of can, for gan, preterit of gin, begin. See can, gin.
- A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- An abbreviation of the Latin contra, against (see contra), especially common in the phrase pro and con (Latin pro et contra), for and against, in favor of and opposed to: sometimes used as a noun, with a plural, the pros and cons, the arguments, or arguers, or voters, for and against a proposition.
- The most frequent form of com-.
- Naut.: The position taken by the person who cons or directs the steering of a vessel.
- The act of conning.
- A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
- The navigational direction of a ship
- An organized gathering such as a convention or conference.
- A convicted criminal, a convict.
- A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
CON GAME vs CON: ADJECTIVE
- N/A
- Of, relating to, or involving a swindle or fraud.
CON GAME vs CON: VERB
- N/A
- To study, especially in order to gain knowledge of.
- To know, understand, acknowledge.
- Variant spelling of conn: to conduct the movements of a ship at sea.
- Commit to memory; learn by heart
- Deprive of by deceit
- To give the necessary orders to the helmsman to steer a ship in the required direction through a channel etc. (rather than steer a compass direction)
- To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.
CON GAME vs CON: TRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To learn or commit to memory.
- To swindle (a victim) by first winning his or her confidence; dupe.
- To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.
- To thank; to acknowledge obligation.
- To direct the steering or course of (a vessel).
- To be able to answer.
- To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.
- To know; to understand; to acknowledge.
- To study, peruse, or examine carefully.
CON GAME vs CON: ADVERB
- N/A
- In opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.
- In opposition or disagreement; against.
- On the negative side
- Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See pro.
CON GAME vs CON: OTHER WORD TYPES
- N/A
- To try; examine; test; taste.
- To try; attempt (to do a thing).
- A dialectal or obsolete variant of can.
- Short for ‘confidence’: as a con man; a con game. See confidence man, confidence game (under confidence).
- An abbreviation of Consul
- [lowercase] of conclusion.
- Nautical: To direct (the man at the helm of a vessel) how to steer.
- To give orders for the steering of: as, to con a ship.
- To peruse carefully and attentively; study or pore over; learn: as, to con a lesson: often with over.
- Commit to memory
- Learn by heart
CON GAME vs CON: RELATED WORDS
- Swindle, Scam, Con artist, Flimflammer, Confidence trick, Confidence game, Bunco game, Bunko game, Sting, Gyp, Hustle, Bunko, Bunco, Flimflam, Con
- Memorize, Hustle, Inmate, Rook, Sting, Jailbird, Convict, Nobble, Gyp, Bunco, Bunko, Defraud, Diddle, Flimflam, Swindle
CON GAME vs CON: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Fraudster, Grift, Fraudful, Supercherie, Swindlery, Conman, Con man, Swindle, Scam, Con artist, Flimflammer, Confidence trick, Confidence game, Sting, Con
- Fool, Scam, Grift, Dupe, Confidence game, Learn, Memorize, Inmate, Rook, Sting, Convict, Nobble, Defraud, Diddle, Swindle
CON GAME vs CON: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Yes, this was a con game with the people that was there and knew how to bend the rules and lie to do it.
- The movie make the case that it was a con game almost from the start, much to the tune of a Mamet script.
- Steam is that age old Con game of making someone think they need something when they dont then making them pay for it.
- Racca added that, as Parillo worked his almost gymnastic con game, he often left Moon alone, sometimes for as much as an hour.
- Two elderly men are staring down the loss of their life savings in what prosecutors say was an epic con game.
- Bait and switch is a cute term that refers to a nasty con game.
- The Almighty is made the rhetorical shill in a socioeconomic con game.
- There was no upsell or con game at all and I truly appreciate the job they did.
- Any resistance to her never ending con game and I could easily be a goner.
- Most educated folk are prone to honesty, and not in the con game.
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- Non disdegna delle sortite nel jazz, ha diretto un suo quartetto, ha collaborato con Count Basie e con Pete Rugolo.
- Disporre di un impianto elettrico con messa a terra in linea con la normativa vigente in Italia.
- Posicione el disco con aletas sobre la base de apoyo con las aletas apuntando hacia arriba.
- VISA, con cheque personal, en efectivo, con cheque bancario o giro postal.
- Yo me he portado bien con mi mama y tambien con mi papa.
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