Definition of Con

Noun: con

  1. An argument opposed to a proposal
     
  2. A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
    - convict, inmate, yard bird, yardbird [N. Amer]
     
  3. A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
    - bunco [N. Amer], bunco game [N. Amer], bunko [N. Amer], bunko game [N. Amer], confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam
Verb: con (conned,conning)
  1. Deprive of by deceit
    "He conned me out of my inheritance";
    - victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick [N. Amer], nobble [Brit], diddle, bunco [N. Amer], defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle [N. Amer], short-change, victimise [Brit], ream [N. Amer], grift [N. Amer], bunko
     
  2. Commit to memory; learn by heart
    - memorize, memorise [Brit], learn
     
  3. Conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane
    - conn [US]
Adverb: con
  1. In opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.
    "much was written pro and con"

See also:
Comtism
conacaste

Anagrams containing the word con

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