con man

noun

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

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Companies like Rental Family exist all over Japan, and depending on what’s desired by the client, the actor’s duties can range from therapist to escort to straight-up con man. Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025 In Dope Thief’s first two episodes, Ray shifts from braggadocious con man to beleaguered millennial in interactions with Theresa (Kate Mulgrew), who adopted him after his drug-dealing father, Bart (Ving Rhames), went to prison. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2025 Hard not to notice that your protagonist here is a baccarat player in Macau, but instead of a cool 007 veneer, your protagonist is a con man marinating spectacularly in anxiety, self-basting in flop sweat as his losses mount and his ruse catches up to him. Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2025 Quinn VanAntwerp makes his con man character, Gordy, lovable. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 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 11 Sep. 2025.

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