con
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“I was frightened and frenzied, which is what con artists use to get our hard-earned cash.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
And how much I wanted the audience to be able to see within the con, and what I wanted to play off perfectly to make the audience feel like they were a little bit tricked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
A friend had recently posted photographs from Barcelona, including several enviable angles of pan con tomate.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Below them is John, in prison regarding the aforementioned gas scam; a career con man, he skimmed that missing $10 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
If I could lie to the American government, then I could con my way through a conversation with some shady college kid.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
"I kind of conned them into revealing that they were lying and it hit me then that con artists and trial lawyers have all the same skills," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
But after referee Jalal Jayed made his way over to the pitchside monitor at the recommendation of the VAR and ruled the goal out, Shearer said on BBC One the Paraguayan had "conned the referee".
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
How a master of deception conned investors out of $50 million — in his own words.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
The second, Joan, a middle-aged heiress in Florida, was conned by Ken into believing that he was Jewish and a canny businessman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
It’s played barefoot by idiots like Marv, who’s conned me into playing the last few years.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
How do I set it up to help protect his assets from possibly someone who is conning him?
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 1, 2025
Charles accused Usyk of "conning the referee" and said he "should be given an Oscar for that performance".
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2025
Three Southern California men are accused of conning over 100 victims — most of them elderly — into transferring funds over fraudulent security concerns or by way of falsified real estate sales.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 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
You stage a power play by conning the older guy out of some fake winnings, then mouth around that you one-upped the boss.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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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