: a dishonest trick that is done to get someone's money
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Also in the film: Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon, Delroy Lindo and Patti LuPone.
2001: Sigourney Weaver in 'Heartbreakers'
Hackman is a rich man who gets caught up in a romantic con game run by a mother and daughter, played by Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt.—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025 Turks have always grasped better than most that modernity is something of a con game.—Nick Danforth, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2014 Ernie tricks the young bowler into a con game that leaves Roy’s bowling hand crippled for life.—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2024
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