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con man
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun con man has 1 sense
- con man(n = noun.person) con artist, confidence man - a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim; Array is a kind of chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler
THESAURUS
con man
body snatcher, booster, bunco artist, bunco steerer, cardsharp, cardsharper, carpetbagger, chicken thief, con artist, confidence man, crimp, crook, den of thieves, embezzler, filcher, ganef, ghoul, grafter, grave robber, horse coper, horse trader, jackleg, jewel thief, land pirate, land shark, land-grabber, larcener, larcenist, lifter, mortgage shark, peculator, pettifogger, petty thief, pilferer, pitchman, poacher, prowler, purloiner, robber, scrounger, shark, sharp, sharper, sharpie, shoplifter, shortchanger, shyster, slicker, sneak thief, spieler, stealer, swindler, thief, white-collar thief
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