con

Example Sentences

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A market correction in March ended the con.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

Ponzi bounced between con job and jail, dying broke.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

But nothing could have been further from the truth because the con continued.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 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

If this is done knowingly and with intent to defraud, this is an illegal con game.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos