con artist
Example Sentences
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A con artist is someone whose craft is to win your trust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
A con artist, a music-industry legend and the feud over a masterpiece.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 12, 2026
Hiding her true identity behind more than 40 aliases, con artist Annie Gordon Baillie made a living swindling shopkeepers across Victorian Britain.
From BBC ● May 22, 2025
Charity isn’t just a long-lost sister, she was taken by Aunt Linda at birth and raised as a con artist, one who’s got an obsession with Emily that’s more than just sibling affection.
From Salon ● May 3, 2025
He told her that Cofield was a con artist, and had her sign a document forbidding Cofield access to her family’s records.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
