con artistnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɒn ˌɑː.tɪst/us/ˈkɑːn ˌɑːr.t̬ɪst/also con man, con woman, UK also confidence trickstera person who deceives other people by making them believe something false or making them give money away
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Miscellaneous criminals
- arson
- bigamy
- black hat
- black market
- blackmail
- fire starter
- fire-raising
- fly-posting
- forger
- fraudster
- pirate
- plagiarize
- plunder
- poacher
- prowler
- straw man
- suicide bomber
- swindle
- terrorist
- thief
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Examples from literature
- Art didn't say anything, just sat pat and waited, the way he did sometimes when con artists came into the shop with some kind of scam that they wanted him to play along with.