con artist

1. A person who exploits the vulnerability of others for their own sake by manipulating and taking advantage of their confidence (the act of which is known as a confidence trick or game). It is the common abbreviation of the full term, "confidence artist." Be wary of con artists who send emails claiming to be a bank or some other trustworthy establishment: they often ask for your personal bank details to have access to your finances.

2. By extension, a person who is skilled at duplicity, cajolery, or self-serving manipulation or persuasion. John is such a con artist, always convincing others to pay for him on nights out under the pretense that he'll "pay them back later."

con artist

verb

See con man

词组	con artist
释义	con artist con artist 1. A person who exploits the vulnerability of others for their own sake by manipulating and taking advantage of their confidence (the act of which is known as a confidence trick or game). It is the common abbreviation of the full term, "confidence artist." Be wary of con artists who send emails claiming to be a bank or some other trustworthy establishment: they often ask for your personal bank details to have access to your finances. 2. By extension, a person who is skilled at duplicity, cajolery, or self-serving manipulation or persuasion. John is such a con artist, always convincing others to pay for him on nights out under the pretense that he'll "pay them back later." See also: artist, con Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. con artist verb See con man See also: artist, con McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: con man rip-off artist for its own sake iceberg slim for (one's) (own) sake clay clay pigeon sake smell blood scent blood References in periodicals archive NAOMI MATTHEW: 2.10 Off Art, 2.40 Saltaire Lass, 3.10 Spinatrix, 3.40 Con Artist (nap), 4.10 Cape Rising, 4.40 Commend (nb), 5.10 Irish Boy. Get the picture and go with Artist; Racing preview Today's bets Think Its All Over 4.10 Haydock 1pt win Catchanova 7.20 Sandown 1pt win Con Artist 7.55 Sandown 1pt win Think Its All Over can hit back of net The victims were promised returns of 25% within three months, but the con artists used the money for high living, buying a yacht and a helicopter, the association said. The top 10 scams In preparation for the subject interview with a known con artist, investigators must become familiar with all aspects of the scheme. Interviewing Self-confident Con Artists During a phone call with Richard (Parker Young) last episode, Maddie found out that Max turned on his fellow con artist and lover, Sally (Katherine LaNasa), after she tried to run away with Gary's money. 'Imposters': What Will Happen In Season 1 Finale? The con artist is described as white, in his 30s, of thin athletic build with short greying hair. Trickster uses CCTV con to steal money A CON artist who lived a lavish lifestyle and used money from a fraud scam to start up a popular Birmingham restaurant has been jailed. Restaurant boss jailed over fraud As if suffering inevitable embarrassment from breaching the doping rules was not bad enough, this week he has been hurled headlong into the hitherto uncharted waters of Facebook, through the intervention of a mimicking con artist, and he also faces watching the equally unfamiliar Strictly Come Dancing, in order to follow the exploits of his ex-stable jockey Richard Dunwoody. New world for Henderson His character is a con artist and escape artist, who breaks out of prison to be with me." Ewan's jail Carrey on In this case, the con artist convinced the Ohio couple to send more than $2,000 after he claimed to have found a buyer for the couple's time-share unit. Criminals are out there pretending to be lawyers; 'when you inject an attorney in the mix, it gives it credibility' But when the cheque finally bounced, the con artist could not be traced. POLICE HUNT CON ARTISTS The actress, 34, stars as thief and con artist Letty Dobesh in upcoming US series Good Behaviour. What would Lady Mary say? A CON artist who began a prolonged fraud spree when he was just 13 was caged for six months yesterday. Teenage conman is caged Last night, Bill, 70, from Peebles, said: 'As a highly experienced con artist myself, I'm embarrassed to now find myself in the position of possibly being conned out of the royalties of such a successful series.' I WAS HUSTLED ..BY THE BEEB; Scotland's top conman claims his script was nicked for TV hit Leonardo DiCaprio takes fifth place in Catch Me if You Can (2002), the true story of con artist Frank Abagnale Jr, who poses as everything from a pilot to an attorney while forging cheques and evading the FBI. Arts Diary: Top ten of great film conmen
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