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con verb to subject someone to a confidence trick; to dupe the victim of a criminal enterprise US, 1892- He started telling me how he con[n]ed all this gilt off the old dear. — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 108, 1958
- He’s been associated with race tracks and track people and had a great deal of school difficulties. He was quite proficient in “conning” people. — San Francisco News, p. 4, 5 June 1959
- But you better try and try hard. And don’t try to con the parole board. — San Francisco Chronicle, p. 36, 16 April 1966
- She was going to con a con man. Ha! — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 36, 1975
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