con game

Example Sentences

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"Stefan Pildes promoted SantaCon as an event grounded in charitable giving, but instead of donating the millions of dollars he raised, he ran his own con game," US Attorney Jay Clayton said in a statement.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Durant was a con game presented by the front office — even if they were conning themselves.

From Washington Times • Jun. 7, 2022

Even by the low standards of the con game, Julia Lyons stands out as one of the most diabolical.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2022

The only ones to suffer here might be the institutions of higher learning themselves, many of which are running a con game for their own financial benefit.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2022

Before I get to a serious application, I’d like to mention another con game which works because of confusion about conditional probability.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos