con
(Informal)
[noun]
Synonyms:
- swindle, deception, fraud, scam (slang), sting (informal), trick
[verb]
Synonyms:
- swindle, cheat, deceive, defraud, double-cross (informal), dupe, hoodwink, rip off (slang), trick

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Antonyms: pro

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English Thesaurus: cheat, con, swindle, defraud, do somebody out of something, ...

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Con
British English the written abbreviation of Conservative, in British politics:
Sir Teddy Taylor (Con)

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I. con¹ /kɒn $ kɑːn/ verb (past tense and past participle conned, present participle conning) [transitive] informal
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: confidence trick]

1. to get money from someone by deceiving them Synonym : swindle
con somebody out of something
He conned me out of £300.

2. to persuade someone to do something by deceiving them Synonym : trick
con somebody into doing something
You had no right to con me into thinking I could trust you.

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II. con² noun [countable] informal
[Sense 1: Date: 1800-1900; Origin: ⇒ con¹]
[Sense 2: Date: 1800-1900; Origin: ⇒ convict¹]

1. a trick to get someone’s money or make them do something:
a con to make people pay for goods they hadn’t actually received

2. a prisoner
⇒ mod cons, ⇒ the pros and cons at pro¹(3)

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con- /kən, kɒn $ kən, kɑːn/ prefix
[Language: Latin; Origin: com-; ⇒ COM-]
together Synonym : with:
a confederation
to conspire (=plan together)

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con
noun
I. (also
con trick) trick
ADJ. big The scheme was all a big con.
CON + NOUN artist, man

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con
II. (usuallythe cons) disadvantage
VERB + CON consider, discuss, weigh up Before making a decision, you need to weigh up the pros and cons of the situation.
PHRASES the pros and cons

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cheat to deceive someone so that they do not get or keep something they have a right to:
He used his charm to cheat the old lady out of everything he could get.
He’s afraid they’ll cheat him after he hands over the money.
con informal to get money from someone by telling them lies:
They conned her into spending thousands of pounds on useless equipment.
He conned money out of the public by pretending to collect for charity.
swindle to get money from a person or organization by cheating them in a clever way:
The painting has been stolen and the art gallery has been swindled out of a large sum of money.
A City businessman who swindled investors out of millions of pounds was jailed for four years.
defraud to commit the crime of getting money from an organization by deceiving them:
He admitted attempting to defraud his former employer of $1 million.
Johnson is accused of conspiring to defraud the taxman of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
do somebody out of something informal especially British English to dishonestly stop someone from getting or keeping something, especially something they have a right to have:
They’ve done me out of three weeks wages!

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deceive especially written to make someone who trusts you believe something that is not true:
This was a deliberate attempt to deceive the public.
trick to make someone believe something that is not true, in order to get something from them or make them do something:
A man posing as an insurance agent had tricked her out of thousands of dollars.
fool to make someone believe something that is not true by using a clever but simple trick:
His hairpiece doesn’t fool anyone.
mislead to make people believe something that is not true, by deliberately not giving them all the facts, or by saying something that is only partly true:
The company was accused of misleading customers about the nutritional value of the product.
dupe informal to trick or deceive someone, especially so that they become involved in someone else’s dishonest activity without realizing it:
The spies duped government and military officials alike.
con informal to trick someone, especially by telling them something that is not true:
I’m pretty good at judging people; I didn’t think he was trying to con me.

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CON
Confidence (as in con game) 
Contrast (TV) 
Convict

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