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
Great acting is a con game, of the highest order, and it’s a pleasure to be Moore’s mark.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
Durant was a con game presented by the front office — even if they were conning themselves.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2022
In this 1994 novel, the very title is subversive, a Bengali corruption of the English “Herbert,” and protagonist Harbart Sarkar runs a con game: “Conversations With the Dead.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2019
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
