conning

Example Sentences

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“She was a con artist. She was conning the government, and men,” Perry says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

A British woman who was charged with fraud after allegedly conning multiple people, including her son, to fund her lavish lifestyle will face further charges in Singapore.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

How do I set it up to help protect his assets from possibly someone who is conning him?

From MarketWatch • Dec. 1, 2025

Yet it was this exact determination—to build power in an inherently flawed system—that turned him into the conning strategist he became.

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2024

The shape of the diving plane slashing horizontally through the conning tower and the shark’s tail rudder at the back was like nothing he had ever seen.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz