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
How do I set it up to help protect his assets from possibly someone who is conning him?
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 1, 2025
Charles accused Usyk of "conning the referee" and said he "should be given an Oscar for that performance".
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 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
On one wall, flashers and safety overrides blinked to indicate that there were electric malfunctions and topside failures, probably from having the conning deck go under.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
