con job
Example Sentences
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Ponzi bounced between con job and jail, dying broke.
From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026
Don’t miss: ‘Affordability is a con job for consumers’: 2025 was one hell of a year.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026
The con job was, he thinks, “no more than a practical joke, really. Good clean sport.”
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2024
“I think that was a con job, sales job, but I’m trying anything,” Auriemma said.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2023
Asking for help was a simple con job, but he hadn’t liked the idea of pleading guilty.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
