con man
Noun
Meaning
a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim
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Examples
A five-time bankrupt, draft dodging narcissist con man (noun: a man who cheats or tricks someone by gaining their trust and persuading them to believe something that is not true) is the choice of the GOP.
Grant plays an irresponsible English con man whose actions raise suspicion and anxiety in his shy young English wife (Fontaine).
A con man who racked up felonies from California to New Jersey was sentenced to state prison terms of three and six years Monday for his actions tied to illegally building a shack on Aspen Mountain.
Grunkle Stan (also voiced by creator Alex Hirsch) takes in Mabel and Dipper for the summer and is a savvy con man throughout the series.
Lustig and his personal secretary, Franco-American con man Robert Arthur Tourbillon (also known as Dan Collins), hastily took a train for Vienna with a suitcase full of cash.
Joe then meets Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo ( Dustin Hoffman ), a street con man with a limp who takes $20 from Joe by offering to introduce him to a known pimp, who turns out to be a Bible thumper ( John McGiver ).