conman
noun[C]
(alsocon man)uk/ˈkɒnmæn/uspluralconmensomeone who usesdishonestorillegalmethodstotrickpeopleinto giving themmoney:
Wheeler, aconvictedconman,trickedtheelderlycoupleintosigningovertheirpropertyto him.
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conman
There should be no place in the market for cowboys and conmen.
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Indeed, he mentioned that tonight's new regulations might control such conmen; he hoped so anyway.
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Added to this is the realisation that many champions of the new economy are turning out to be manipulative conmen.
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They have unleashed on our economy every species of spiv andconmanknown to civilisation, and created an ideology not of the wealth producer but of the looter.
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He went by many aliases, fictionalized his identity and background on multiple occasions, and operated as aconman.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Appu is a talkativeconmanwho always finds himself in trouble.
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Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Mammootty explain her why he became aconmanand his past struggling life.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The film is about aconmanwhose task is to plunder the treasure from a royal household.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was bullied at school but ran away and became a travellingconman.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was a glib and charmingconman, fluent in multiple languages.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In reality, he is nothing more than aconman.
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Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This done, theconmanproceeds to wash the banknote in the chemical, performing a sleight of hand, substituting a real note which is washed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Duggan then escorted theconmanout of town.
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Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She comes to stay with her children after she was fleeced out of her divorce settlement by aconman.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He is a charmingconmanwho got away with a lot of crimes.
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