con

  • 111con — 1 verb conned, conning (T) informal 1 to get money from someone by deceiving them: con sb out of: He conned me out of $5! 2 to persuade someone to do something by deceiving them: con sb into doing sth: We were conned into signing the contract. 2… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 112con — 1. n. a convict. □ One of the cons keeps a snake in his cell for a pet. □ Is that guy in the gray pajamas one of the escaped cons? 2. n. a confidence scheme. □ They pulled a real con on the old lady. □ …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 113con — con1 /kon/, adv. 1. against a proposition, opinion, etc.: arguments pro and con. n. 2. the argument, position, arguer, or voter against something. Cf. pro1. [1575 85; short for L contra in opposition, against] con2 /kon/, v.t., conned, conning …

    Universalium

  • 114con — noun (informal) ADJECTIVE ▪ big ▪ The seance was just a big con. CON + NOUN ▪ game (AmE), trick (BrE) ▪ artist …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 115con — prep. Significa el modo, medio o instrumento con que se realiza algo. En unión, en compañía. con prep. Afijo que expresa reunión, cooperación o agregación …

    Diccionario Castellano

  • 116con — con1 informal verb (cons, conning, conned) deceive (someone) into doing or believing something by lying to them. noun a deception of this kind. Origin C19 (orig. US): abbrev. of confidence, as in confidence trick. con2 noun (usu. in phr. pros and …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 117con — 1. verb, informal we got conned See swindle 2. noun 1) an ex con See convict 2) a public relations con See swindle …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 118con —  1. n. Swindle. Deception.  2. n. Deceitful person.  3. con game Trick to obtain money from the credulous.  4. con man Trickster (usu. of persuasive tongue).  5. v. Trick …

    A concise dictionary of English slang

  • 119con — Adj. slang or cant abbreviation for confidence, as a con man or a con game Prep. with …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 120con — Adj. slang or cant abbreviation for confidence, as a con man or a con game Prep. with …

    Black's law dictionary