con
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“I was frightened and frenzied, which is what con artists use to get our hard-earned cash.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Jonathan, who had dealt with both real police and con artists before, said it was hard in the moment to tell which side he was talking to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
A friend had recently posted photographs from Barcelona, including several enviable angles of pan con tomate.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
A government spokesperson said: "People's homes must be designed to minimise unwanted heat and developers can choose to install air con in buildings. We're reviewing these rules to ensure they're as effective as possible."
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
I would make café con leche and we would talk, sometimes for only a few minutes, sometimes for hours.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
How a master of deception conned investors out of $50 million — in his own words.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
"We've both been conned, useful idiots, which is not a very nice way to put it, but we've been used," says Elma.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
A world champion Irish dancer has been left with a criminal conviction after being conned into thinking she had car insurance by a "ghost broker" who sold her a fake policy.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
The second, Joan, a middle-aged heiress in Florida, was conned by Ken into believing that he was Jewish and a canny businessman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
It’s played barefoot by idiots like Marv, who’s conned me into playing the last few years.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
How do I set it up to help protect his assets from possibly someone who is conning him?
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 1, 2025
Three Southern California men are accused of conning over 100 victims — most of them elderly — into transferring funds over fraudulent security concerns or by way of falsified real estate sales.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
Yet it was this exact determination—to build power in an inherently flawed system—that turned him into the conning strategist he became.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2024
A pensioner who was jailed a decade ago for conning friends out of £2.5m has been sent back to prison after defrauding a neighbour out of more than £100,000.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2024
On one wall, flashers and safety overrides blinked to indicate that there were electric malfunctions and topside failures, probably from having the conning deck go under.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
Vocabulary lists containing con
Common Core Grades 7–8, List 7
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Common Core Grades 9–10, List 7
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