con artist

Noun

Meaning

a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim

Alternative names

con-artist

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Examples

Donald [Trump] has been branded by one of his competitors as a con artist and, in a sense, he is. But so was Steve Jobs. Rob Enderle

And I think it's because good cons are all based on the victim's need, and the successful con artist is the one, I guess, who can exploit that. I remember reading something about this, that one of the great traits of confidence tricksters is the level that they flatter their victim. Alfred Molina

But the downside of being con artist is that it very hard to con. Even if the lies you tell are to yourself. Ally Carter

I'm a con artist in that I'm an actor. I make people believe something is real when they know perfectly well it isn't. John Lithgow

You called me a natural con artist and asked me what other secrets I was hiding. I didn't answer because I already knew, in some deep, primal way, what furtive truth you were referring to: That I was destined to fall in love with you. Megan McCafferty

There's the all mighty powerful ones like Mr. Khan - which is a con artist himself, and he uses the death of his son, who's an American soldier, which we respect and honor, and he uses that to go after Trump, which I found very distasteful. Paul LePage

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