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con man

Or Dz·

[kon man]

noun

Slang.
  1. short for confidence man.



con man

noun

  1. More formal term: confidence man.informala person who swindles another by means of a confidence trick

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Evidently, they are feeling a bit stroppy about all this unitary executive business now that it's being wielded by an elderly con man and a car manufacturer with a chainsaw.

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We’re in the age of the con man, and I’m just fascinated by human nature and what people think they can get away with.

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“In a bunch of these stories, the con man tends to be the more introverted, quiet, shy guy,” he says.

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He presents as a nice, sensitive guy, but then it turns out he’s this serial abuser and con man.

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“I don’t want to do another . . . I did Trump. I did all the Trump stuff before anybody. I called him a con man before anybody. I did, ‘He’s a mafia boss.’

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