con artist
Example Sentences
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Along the way, she forges an unexpected partnership with Nick, a solitary fox whose past as a con artist proves to be a valuable asset in uniform.
From Barron's
To disrupt that message, West suggests unmasking the obvious fact that the content creators themselves are con artists selling a sham product.
From Salon
The con artists would love to trick her out of the giant stone, not for selfish reasons, but to return it to The People.
Cyber-scam operations have mushroomed across Southeast Asia -- often operating from unassuming office blocks or warehouses, where con artists target marks living on the other side of the world.
From Barron's
The magician Ricky Jay’s compendium of actual “unique, eccentric and amazing entertainers” offers a parade of con artists, charlatans, escapologists, daredevils, mesmerists, contortionists and sideshow acts.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
