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4[kon] adjective, verb, conned, con⋅ning, noun Informal.
–adjective
1. involving abuse of confidence: a con trick.
–verb (used with object)
2. to swindle; trick: That crook conned me out of all my savings.
3. to persuade by deception, cajolery, etc.
–noun
4. a confidence game or swindle.
5. a lie, exaggeration, or glib self-serving talk: He had a dozen different cons for getting out of paying traffic tickets.

Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism; by shortening of confidence
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con

  1. n.
    a convict. : Is that guy in the gray pajamas one of the escaped cons?
  2. n.
    a confidence scheme. : They pulled a real con on the old lady.
  3. tv.
    to swindle or deceive someone. : Don't try to con me. I know the score.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

con  (4)
"to guide ships," 1626, from Fr. conduire, from L. conducere (see conduce).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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