con man

noun

: a person who tricks other people in order to get their money : con artist

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Trading Places When snooty executive Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd) and savvy street con man Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) find their lives reversed as part of an expensive bet, hijinks arise — though not without dashes of controversial humor. Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025 The business model is a fraud, and @Saylor is the biggest con man on Wall Street. Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2025 But, still, the sequel is a little toothless — not just Nick’s move from con man to cop but throughout the metropolis. Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025 In 2016, it was revealed that a con man had swindled Nicole out of $10 million. Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 12 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for con man

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“Con man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/con%20man. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.

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