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con artists

con artists is the plural of con artist.

Meaning of con artist

Noun

con artist (plural con artists)

  1. A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster.
    • That greedy con artist would swindle you at any cost.

Questions about con artists

What is con artists the plural of?
Con artists is the plural of con artist.

Words near con artists in the dictionary

  1. comœdy
  2. con
  3. con amore
  4. con artist
  5. con artistry
  6. con artists
  7. con brio
  8. con crud
  9. Con Ed
  10. con flu
  11. con game

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