con artist
noun
variants
or con man
or US confidence man
: a person who tricks other people in order to get their money
The couple lost their savings to a con artist who told them he was an investment broker.
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Police shared the images internationally, and through facial recognition identified the man in the video as a con artist wanted in three countries and New York City.
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Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
Having unwittingly helped the powers that be further their flying-monkey spying program, Elphaba — powerful, misunderstood, knows how to rock a pointy hat — has stolen the spell book known as the Grimmerie and declared war on the con artist known as Wizard.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
The song tells the fictional story of two con artists in the American Wild West who accidentally fall in love in spite of themselves.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
Last night’s edition of Weekend Update also featured the triumphant return of Bowen Yang‘s George Santos — still a con artist, but with a new notch on his belt as the Louvre robber.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2025
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Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
Having unwittingly helped the powers that be further their flying-monkey spying program, Elphaba — powerful, misunderstood, knows how to rock a pointy hat — has stolen the spell book known as the Grimmerie and declared war on the con artist known as Wizard.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
The song tells the fictional story of two con artists in the American Wild West who accidentally fall in love in spite of themselves.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
Last night’s edition of Weekend Update also featured the triumphant return of Bowen Yang‘s George Santos — still a con artist, but with a new notch on his belt as the Louvre robber.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2025
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“Con artist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/con%20artist. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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