con artist

noun

variants or con man or US confidence man
: a person who tricks other people in order to get their money
The couple lost their savings to a con artist who told them he was an investment broker.

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Shannen Doherty, Christmas Caper (2007) 90210's Shannen Doherty brings her devious ways from Beverly Hills to small-town Connecticut, where her character, a con artist, goes to lay low after a crime gone wrong puts her on the police's radar in this Freeform original. EW.com, 15 Dec. 2024 Their salvation may come in the form of a con artist. Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024 Hope plays the eponymous character, a con artist who has to flee Florida for New York in order to pay off a debt to a gangster. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024 In the sordid world of professional thieves, con artists, and forgers, the answers are never clear. Spenser Mestel, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for con artist 

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“Con artist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/con%20artist. Accessed 29 Dec. 2024.

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