CONNED Synonyms: 188 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb (1)

past tense of con

as in learned

to commit to memory usually candidates con their entire campaign speech, right down to the jokes they supposedly ad-lib

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as in scanned

to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition) seemed to be conning his face for any sign of uncertainty

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conned

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verb (2)

past tense of con

as in cheated

to rob by the use of trickery or threats a fly-by-night operator who had conned hundreds of would-be homeowners out of their hard-earned money

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as in tricked

to cause to believe what is untrue tried to con me into thinking that he had actually won the lottery

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conned

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verb (3)

past tense of conn

as in steered

to operate or control the course of there was white-knuckle tension as the captain conned the gunboat through the mine-infested harbor

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Recent Examples of conned

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The centerpiece of his recent column is a list of quarterly rate increases after reform passed, presented as proof consumers were conned. —

David Wilson, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026 One of Sharma's gangster associates tells Keefe that once Sharma realized he'd been conned, there was no way Zac was leaving the apartment alive. —

Frank Langfitt, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026 Nationwide, scammers in 2024 conned Americans for $119 billion, an amount similar in size to the economy of New Hampshire, according to the report. —

Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026 Women who could be trampled by men, conned, deceived. —

Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026 What makes this case different is that key backers of the measure got conned, too. —

Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026 Dakota Root, who was conned into depositing $1,200 into a crypto ATM at a Circle K in Indiana, said the experience changed his perception of the neighborhood store. —

Curt Devine, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025 So there's some serious temptation to fall back to old habits when they're critter-napped by a new crew called the Bad Girls and conned into stealing an experimental rocket. —

Brian Truitt, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025 The former Bravo star was sentenced to 78 months in prison after being found guilty of her involvement in a telemarketing fraud scheme that conned people (mostly elders) out of their money. —

Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2025

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But experts for years have said companies have not learned from past mistakes.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2026
While the boy was being detained, officers learned a juvenile female passenger in the truck had suffered minor injuries during the collisions, police said.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 28 May 2026