Dictionary

con artist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

A clipping of confidence artist.

Meanings

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.
   • Leavers will be attracted to that story because it spares them the discomfort of admitting that they voted for a con, and then made a prime minister of the con artist. 2021 February 23, Rafael Behr, “Brexit is a machine to generate perpetual grievance. It's doing its job perfectly”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2021:
   • He's the FBI agent antagonist in Catch Me If You Can (2002) opposite a buoyantly charming young Leonardo DiCaprio as con artist Frank Abagnale, but his character is more of a determined cat to Leo's mouse than a real foil; he's simply a prim Eisenhower-era man with a job to do. 2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2022:
   • That greedy con artist would swindle you at any cost.

Forms

Deriveds

con artistry

Hypernyms

deceiver

Relateds

pickpocket · thief

Synonyms

fabricator · spiv · smooth operator · flimflammer · magsman · snake · snake oil salesman · lugger · wernard · cheater · Spanish athlete · deceiver · pseudologist · bunco artist · treacher · fraud · gabber · saltimbanco · grifter · bunco-steerer · conman · cheat · cony-catcher · bamboozler · swindler · trucker · deceptor · chiseler · bouncer · swike · trickster · shammer · guiler · confidence trickster · shyster · grifter · con artist · rook · con · con artist · falser · trickster · sharker · cogger · confidence artist · charlatan · slicker · conman · fraudster · Scandaroon · grifter · crammer · duper · bristler · bullshitter · mountebank · losenger · fabulist · mocker · swindler · sharpster · hustler · shark-gull · liar · conman · scammer · lugger

Translations (63)

eo trompisto (scam operator, conman) · ru афери́стка (scam operator, conman) · hu szélhámos (scam operator, conman) · fr arnaqueuse (scam operator, conman) · sw tapeli (scam operator, conman) · pl naciągaczka (scam operator, conman) · scn ciraulu (scam operator, conman) · vep manitelii (scam operator, conman) · it millantatore (scam operator, conman) · ru моше́нник (scam operator, conman) · de Trickbetrügerin (scam operator, conman) · pt vigarista (scam operator, conman) · sv svindlare (scam operator, conman) · gl argalleiro (scam operator, conman) · de Hochstapler (scam operator, conman) · fi petkuttaja (scam operator, conman) · pl naciągacz (scam operator, conman) · pt trapaceiro (scam operator, conman) · scn mprugghiuni (scam operator, conman) · fi huijari (scam operator, conman) · it imbonitore (scam operator, conman) · cs podvodník (scam operator, conman) · gl estafador (scam operator, conman) · de Schwindler (scam operator, conman) · la fraudātor (scam operator, conman) · ln bacheque (scam operator, conman) · eo fripono (scam operator, conman) · de Scharlatan (scam operator, conman) · da svindler (scam operator, conman) · ru афери́ст (scam operator, conman) · ro escroc (scam operator, conman) · fr arnaqueur (scam operator, conman) · de Trickbetrüger (scam operator, conman) · de Abzocker (scam operator, conman) · ru моше́нница (scam operator, conman) · ru жу́лик (scam operator, conman) · es trilero (scam operator, conman) · ca estafador (scam operator, conman) · hu csaló (scam operator, conman) · el απατεώνας (scam operator, conman) · ca estafa (scam operator, conman) · cmn 騙子 /骗子 (scam operator, conman) · tr dolandırıcı (scam operator, conman) · pl hochsztapler (scam operator, conman) · grc φέναξ (scam operator, conman) · it abbindolatore (scam operator, conman) · ja 詐欺師 (scam operator, conman) · de Schwindlerin (scam operator, conman) · nl oplichtster (scam operator, conman) · mk хохштаплер (scam operator, conman) · it ingannatore (scam operator, conman) · nl oplichter (scam operator, conman) · ro șarlatan (scam operator, conman) · it defraudatore (scam operator, conman) · it mistificatore (scam operator, conman) · scn mprusaturi (scam operator, conman) · es engañabobos (scam operator, conman) · fr escroc (scam operator, conman) · es embaucador (scam operator, conman) · de Hochstaplerin (scam operator, conman) · id penipu (scam operator, conman) · es estafador (scam operator, conman) · pl hochsztaplerka (scam operator, conman)