transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒn ]
( cons, conning, conned)
1.
If someone cons you, they persuade you to do something or believe something by telling you things that are not true. ( INFORMAL )
He claimed that the businessman had conned him of £10,000...
White conned his way into a job as a warehouseman with Dutch airline, KLM...
The British motorist has been conned by the government.
= cheat, trick
VERB : V n of/out of/into n / -ing , V way into n , be V-ed , also V n
2.
A con is a trick in which someone deceives you by telling you something that is not true. ( INFORMAL )
Slimming snacks that offer miraculous weight loss are a con...
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3.
A con is the same as a convict . ( INFORMAL )
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4.
pros and cons: see pro
see also mod cons