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- Dictionarycon/kɒn/
verb
- 1. persuade (someone) to do or believe something by lying to them: "I conned him into giving me your home number"
noun
- 1. an instance of deceiving or tricking someone: "the Charter is a glossy public relations con"
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to make someone believe something false, usually so that that person will give you their money or possessions: She felt she had been conned into buy ing the car. Thieves conned him out of his life savings. He managed to con £20 out of them (= get that amount from them by deceiving them). Compare.
The meaning of CON is something (such as a ruse) used deceptively to gain another's confidence; also : a confidence game : swindle. How to use con in a sentence.
A con is a trick in which someone deceives you by telling you something that is not true.
noun. a confidence game or swindle: By the time my uncle realized she was playing a con on him, she had already left town with his rare coin collection. a lie, exaggeration, or glib self-serving talk: He had a dozen different cons for getting out of paying traffic tickets. adjective. relating to or involving abuse of confidence: a slick con man;
A con, or confidence game, is a swindle — when you take advantage of someone's trust. If you con someone out of their life savings, you might wind up a con — as in convict.
verb. /kɒn/ /kɑːn/ (informal) Verb Forms. to trick somebody, especially in order to get money from them or persuade them to do something for you. con somebody (into doing something) I was conned into buying a useless car. con somebody (out of something) They had been conned out of £100 000.
Con Definition. Against; in opposition. To argue a matter pro and con. A reason, vote, position, etc. in opposition. An argument or opinion against something. One who holds an opposing opinion or view. The act or an instance of conning; swindle; trick. The area or structure on a vessel from which the vessel is conned.
