conned
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"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
Lexington, Ky., was conned out of $3.9 million a year later, but authorities seized all of it from a private bank account.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 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
He had successfully conned Renault and Leon and The Vigils and the whole damn school.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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