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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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a dishonest plan for making money or getting an advantage, especially one that involves tricking people for a long time: He needed them alive to pull off his long con. The new series is about five confidence tricksters who specialise in the " long con" - a protracted and involved scam.
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.
n. 1. An argument or opinion against something. 2. One who holds an opposing opinion or view. [Short for contra.] con 2. (kŏn) tr.v. conned, con·ning, cons Archaic. 1. To study, peruse, or examine carefully. 2. To learn or commit to memory. [Middle English connen, to know, from Old English cunnan; see gnō- in Indo-European roots.] con′ner n. con 3.
If someone cons you, they persuade you to do something or believe something by telling you things that are not true.
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. The word con has many meanings, none of them good. An argument has pros and cons, and the cons are always the downside.
to make someone believe something that is not true, in order to get money or something else from them: also means to act in a dishonest way in order to gain an advantage, especially in a game, competition, or exam: Copying someone else's answers is one kind of cheating.
Definition of con noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
