con
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Below them is John, in prison regarding the aforementioned gas scam; a career con man, he skimmed that missing $10 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Even worse, recognizing the long con has degraded offline interactions as well.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Struggling to work and sleep without air con?
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
That’s most likely to happen not because you’re stupid or greedy, but because you’re vulnerable—and because the con artist knows exactly how to fabricate trustworthiness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
If I could lie to the American government, then I could con my way through a conversation with some shady college kid.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
Lexington, Ky., was conned out of $3.9 million a year later, but authorities seized all of it from a private bank account.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
A woman conned by her accountant decades ago is staring at a six-figure tax bill after the Supreme Court refused to hear her case.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 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
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
She’d just been conned by a senior citizen.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
“She was a con artist. She was conning the government, and men,” Perry says.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
How do I set it up to help protect his assets from possibly someone who is conning him?
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 1, 2025
Charles accused Usyk of "conning the referee" and said he "should be given an Oscar for that performance".
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 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
“I glad-handed from hell to breakfast, winning friends and conning people,” he wrote.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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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