con game

Example Sentences

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Durant was a con game presented by the front office — even if they were conning themselves.

From Washington Times • Jun. 7, 2022

The movies are an industry, a con game with a half-guilty conscience.

From New York Times • May 13, 2021

And despite a few attempts on the director’s part to distinguish authentic art from his parody of art as a vast con game, the film ends on a profoundly anti-art note.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2019

“It’s a con game they’re playing,” he said Tuesday.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2018

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