confidence man

  • 51rip-off man — Australian Slang man who swindles by gaining the victim s confidence and then inducing the victim to part with property or money; confidence man …

    English dialects glossary

  • 52The Man from Tallahassee — Lost episode John Locke ends up in his wheelchair …

    Wikipedia

  • 53The Man Behind the Curtain — Lost episode Young Ben arrives on the island Episode no …

    Wikipedia

  • 54lurk man — /ˈlɜk mæn/ (say lerk man) noun 1. a man who lives by his wits, as a confidence man, or an inventive layabout. 2. a man who is adept at exploiting an institutional system for his own benefit …

  • 55con man — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) informal, hustler, shark, flimflam man. See stealing, deception. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. confidence man, con artist, swindler, scamp; see cheat 1 , rascal …

    English dictionary for students

  • 56con man — con′ man n. sts confidence man …

    From formal English to slang

  • 57con man — /ˈkɒn mæn / (say kon man) noun Colloquial → confidence man …

  • 58con man — ☆ con man n. Slang CONFIDENCE MAN: also con artist …

    English World dictionary

  • 59con|man|ship — «KON muhn shihp», noun. Slang. the art or skill of a confidence man: »The Centre of the Action [a novel] is a confessional study of conmanship, in a New York jungle where rat eats rat (Manchester Guardian Weekly). ╂[< con4 + manship] …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 60con man — Slang. See confidence man. * * * …

    Universalium