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long con
noun
an elaborate confidence swindle in which the victim is initially allowed to profit, and then returns with a large sum of money which he loses US- In long con the sucker is given a powerful play to convince him that whatever scratch he has is only a drop in the bucket compared to what he can take off from the long con proposition. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Trick Baby, p. 112, 1969
- I think I can pull off that particular long-con pretty good. But you’ll all have to watch my back. — Kevin Sampson, Powder, p. 248, 1999
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