con game

noun

US

: a dishonest trick that is done to get someone's money

Examples of con game in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s always the temptation of an easy score, though, a con game suited to the great metropolis, captured here in Colson Whitehead’s signature deadpan. — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026

There is a case to be made that the dog’s gaze is a kind of con game dogs play on us. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 May 2026

The most audacious con game in American political history is unfolding before our eyes, and the marks don't even realize they're being fleeced. — Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025

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

Turks have always grasped better than most that modernity is something of a con game. — Nick Danforth, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2014

Rhymes for con game

• acclaim
• aflame
• airframe
• ballgame
• became
• declaim
• defame
• disclaim
• doorframe
• exclaim
• inflame
• mainframe