con
verb
[ kɒn ]
• persuade (someone) to do or believe something by lying to them.
• "I conned him into giving me your home number"
Similar:
swindle,
defraud,
cheat,
trick,
fleece,
dupe,
deceive,
rook,
exploit,
squeeze,
milk,
bleed,
fool,
take advantage of,
mislead,
delude,
hoax,
hoodwink,
bamboozle,
string along,
embezzle,
do,
sting,
diddle,
rip off,
take for a ride,
pull a fast one on,
put one over on,
take to the cleaners,
bilk,
gull,
finagle,
fiddle,
swizzle,
swizz,
sell a pup to,
stiff,
euchre,
bunco,
hornswoggle,
gazump,
cozen,
sharp,
mulct,
con
noun
• an instance of deceiving or tricking someone.
• "the Charter is a glossy public relations con"
Similar:
swindle,
deception,
trick,
racket,
bit of sharp practice,
fraud,
scam,
con trick,
sting,
gyp,
kite,
diddle,
rip-off,
fiddle,
swizzle,
swizz,
bunco,
boondoggle,
hustle,
grift,
rort,
Origin:
late 19th century (originally US): abbreviation of confidence, as in confidence trick .
con
noun
• a disadvantage of or argument against something.
• "borrowers have to weigh up the pros and cons of each mortgage offer"
Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin contra ‘against’.
con
noun
• a convict.
• "you don't snitch to the prison authorities on another con"
Origin:
late 19th century: abbreviation.
con
verb
• study attentively or learn by heart (a piece of writing).
• "the children conned their pages with a great show of industry"
Origin:
Middle English cunne, conne, con, variants of can1.
con
noun
• a convention, especially one for enthusiasts of science fiction and fantasy literature annd films.
• "an SF con"
Origin:
1940s: abbreviation.
con
verb
• direct the steering of (a ship).
• "he hadn't conned anything bigger than a Boston whaler"
con
noun
• the action or post of conning a ship.
• "Mr Cargill, take the con"
Origin:
early 17th century: apparently a weakened form of obsolete cond ‘conduct, guide’, from Old French conduire, from Latin conducere (see conduce).
con-
prefix
• variant spelling of com- assimilated before c, d, f, g, j, n, q, s, t, v, and sometimes before vowels (as in concord, condescend, confide, etc.).
Origin:
Latin variant of com- .
Con.
abbreviation
• (in the context of party politics) Conservative.
• "Teddy Taylor, MP (Con)"
• constable (as part of a police officer's title).
• "Deputy Chief Con Tony Burden"
com-
prefix
• with; together; jointly; altogether.
• "combine"
Origin:
from Latin cum ‘with’.
