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Definition and meaning of con
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con (v. trans.)
1.deprive somebody of something by deceit"The con-man beat me out of $50" "This salesman ripped us off!" "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme" "They chiseled me out of my money"
2.commit to memory; learn by heart"Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"
3.deprive of by deceit"He swindled me out of my inheritance" "She defrauded the customers who trusted her" "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
con (adv.)
1.in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc."much was written pro and con"
con (n.)
1.a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
2.an argument opposed to a proposal
3.a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
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Con-Con- (�). A prefix, fr. L. cum, signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.
ConCon, adv. [Abbrev. from L. contra against.] Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.
ConCon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Conning.] [AS. cunnan to know, be able, and (derived from this) cunnian to try, test. See Can, v. t. & i.]
1. To know; to understand; to acknowledge. [Obs.]
Of muses, Hobbinol, I con no skill. Spenser.
They say they con to heaven the highway. Spenser.
2. To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.
Fixedly did look
Upon the muddy waters which he conned
As if he had been reading in a book. Wordsworth.
I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson. Burke.
To con answer, to be able to answer. [Obs.] -- To con thanks, to thank; to acknowledge obligation. [Obs.] Shak.
ConCon, v. t. [See Cond.] (Naut.) To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.
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Synonyms
con (n.)
bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, captive, cheat, confidence game, confidence trick, con game, convict, detainee, fleecing, flimflam, gyp, hustle, inmate, sting, yardbird, yard bird, diddling (informal, spéc. anglais britannique)
con (v. trans.)
bunco, cheat, chisel, commit to memory, con into, con out of, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, hustle, learn, memorise, memorize, mulct, nobble, register, remember, rip off, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, swindle out of, take good notice of, victimize
See also
con (n.)
↗ apprehend, arrest, bunco, captive, capture, collar, cop, defraud, detain, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nab, nail, nick, nobble, pick up, pinch, prisoner, pull in, rook, run in, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize ≠ pro
con (v. trans.)
↘ bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, cheat, chiseler, chiseller, committal to memory, con artist, confidence game, confidence man, confidence trick, con game, con man, cozenage, crook, daylight robbery, defrauder, diddler, diddling, double-dealing, fleecing, flimflam, gouger, grifter, gyp, hustle, knave, memorisation, memorization, pincher, rook, scam, scammer, sting, swindle, swindler, swindling, trickster
con (adv.)
Phrases
⇨ 7-con-O-Methylnogarol • AK-Con • allegro con spirito • arroz con pollo • chili con carne • con artist • con brio • con game • con into • con man • con out of • mod con • nem con
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Con may refer to:
- Confidence trick, also known as con, scam, or flim flam
- Con (TV series), a television show about confidence trickery
- Convention (meeting)
- Conference, e.g. “youth con”
- Fan convention, e.g. "Comic-Con"
- Convict, as in ex-con, a person who has been convicted of a crime
- Convicted felon, a person who has been convicted of a felony crime in a court of law
- Contact lens, in Hong Kong English
- Conning tower, a raised platform on a ship or submarine
- Cornwall, England, via its Chapman code
- Concord Municipal Airport, in Concord, New Hampshire, via its International Air Transport Association airport code
- Consolidated Edison, also Con Edison
- Continental Oil, via its ICAO airline designator
- Commonwealth of Nations, an association of primarily former British colonies
- Consider (MUD), the ability to evaluate an opponent in MUDs
- In Italian musical terms used in English, it means "with" (con means "with" in both Italian and Spanish as the word derives from Latin)
- Contra as in the original latin phrase of pros and cons pro et contra
CON may also refer to:
- Certificate of Need
- Commander of the Order of the Niger
- The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis
- Naruto: Clash of Ninja
See also
- Conference (disambiguation)
- Kon (disambiguation)
- Pro (disambiguation)
- Contrary (disambiguation)
- Contra (disambiguation)
- Conn (disambiguation)
- Khan (disambiguation)
- Constantine (disambiguation)
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