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conmanship

conmanship noun: the role or status of being a conman.

Noun

conmanship (uncountable)

  1. The role or status of being a conman.
    • Conmanship does not arise from the defector. Even those who are pressurising people in the Opposition to defect are involved in acts of political conmanship.1994 April 5, Orengo, “Ministerial Statements”, in Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page 25
    • Human values like love for all living things, compassion, friendship, camaraderie and pity, regard for truth, abhorrence for all forms of conmanship and brain-washing, repugnance of anything that seeks to take advantage of those that are handicapped socially, economically or politically, etc., have...2000, Ishwar Modi, Thottamon Kantan Kesavan Narayanan Unnithan, Human Values and Social Change, page 249

Origin of conmanship

From conman + -ship.

Questions about conmanship

What does conmanship mean?
Conmanship means the role or status of being a conman.
What part of speech is conmanship?
Conmanship is a noun.

Words near conmanship in the dictionary

  1. Conlins
  2. Conlon
  3. Conly
  4. Conlys
  5. conman
  6. conmanship
  7. conmen
  8. conn
  9. conn'd
  10. Conn's syndrome
  11. Conn.

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