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con

noun as in a trick

noun as in a convict

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What kind of con artist cons the con man into thinking he believes this bile.

From Salon

Easy marks don’t come any easier than naïve, trusting Maizy, whose bracelet of rare stones has caught con man Gordy’s predatory attention.

Believing that he had been "the victim of a con", he contacted police.

From BBC

"I sat down and discussed the pros and cons with my family, and after three weeks everyone said yes," Parker says.

From BBC

The most common virtual cons were credit card fraud, online shopping scams and ransomware attacks — a type of malicious software that prevents you from accessing your computer files or system until a ransom is paid.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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