con artist
Example Sentences
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Don’t get lured into a clever, obscure get-rich-quick scheme sold to you by a plausible-sounding con artist.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Cage plays Roy, a gifted con artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder whose tics, phobias and elaborate rituals have turned his immaculate home into a fortress against the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 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
"We were tricked… this woman is a con artist and a liar," says Omar.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 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
