con
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If the con isn’t about grabbing money upfront, Lee said scammers are playing the long game.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
Recruiting con jobs have been around for years in some form.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
At the outset Roy Cohn is characterized as a “narcissistic con artist” and “scoundrel who used his notoriety as a badge of honor when it merely reflected bad behavior.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Some became cold hubs during the hot summer so people could make use of the air con.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
I just wasn’t that much of a con artist.
From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
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
How a master of deception conned investors out of $50 million — in his own words.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
Amie Donaghey, 21, told BBC News NI she was left with a criminal conviction after being conned by a ghost broker.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
He invested in and then reputedly conned the 1980s rich-kids “Billionaire Boys Club” private-school students’ investment group.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
He had successfully conned Renault and Leon and The Vigils and the whole damn school.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
“She was a con artist. She was conning the government, and men,” Perry says.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
A British woman who was charged with fraud after allegedly conning multiple people, including her son, to fund her lavish lifestyle will face further charges in Singapore.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
How do I set it up to help protect his assets from possibly someone who is conning him?
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 1, 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
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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