con man

Example Sentences

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Just as AI is useful for lazy students who don’t want to write that term paper, it’s an unnatural boon for a narcissistic con man.

From Salon • May 23, 2026

Because either McCluskie is one heck of a con man who rolled both Becerra and Williamson, making both believe what was happening was kosher with entirely different tales, or someone isn’t being entirely honest.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

In Hays: “Paper Moon,” a film about a Depression-era con man played by Ryan O’Neal and his little girl, was shot in black and white throughout Ellis County.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Before you got twisted up by this lying con man?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

“Word’s spread all over Manifest and beyond that you’re a con man par excellence,” Shady observed.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool