con man

noun

: a person who tricks other people in order to get their money : con artist

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The plot concerns three main players: a suave con man (Ha Jung-woo), the low-level grifter he’s conscripted into a scheme (Kim Tae-ri), and a housebound heiress (Kim Min-hee), all locked in a duplicitous love triangle. —

Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025 Le Carré was, after all, the son of a con man who was bent on turning his son into a perfect English gentleman. —

airmail.news, 19 Oct. 2024 Listen to this article Former Rep. George Santos has leveraged his criminal notoriety as a con man and serial liar into a lucrative cottage industry with a nearly million-dollar windfall. —

John Annese, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025 The original White Collar starred Bomer as charming con man Neal Caffrey, who works as a criminal informant under the supervision of FBI Special Agent Peter Burke (DeKay). —

Nick Caruso, TVLine, 25 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for con man