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Meanings of con in English
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
Portuguese
saber de cor Catalan
memoritzar Synonyms
Examples for "rook"
Examples for "rook"
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And that word, like 'rook', has its origins in the word 'rock'.
2
Unlike the rook, crow and magpie mentioned the woodpigeon is good eating.
3
Obviously there must be a rook in every row and every column.
4
Up to yesterday I had never shot a rook in my life.
5
A rook was picked up and slammed down, taking Matthew's second knight.
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This scam could be used for other products with similar credit offers.
2
The scam involves criminals debiting R99 from citizens' bank accounts without authorisation.
3
QUESTION: My landlord is trying to scam me into fixing his property.
4
It was an internet scam conducted the brick-and-mortar way, the FTC said.
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Just 12 months ago, he was implicated in a tender fraud scam.
1
You have to work your way in or swindle your way in.
2
He was even duped into believing in the cheap swindle of table-tipping.
3
But a woman is an absolutely unreliable partner in any straight swindle.
4
Beside the Casino where roulette is played there is another swindle-therestaurants.
5
One man said there was a swindle somewhere - no fox terriers.
1
Typically, such charges are levied against individuals and companies that defraud investors.
2
The teacher would corrupt his pupil, and the guardian defraud his ward.
3
Your privilege ought not to be used to defraud the other creditors.
4
And I'm afraid there may be a charge of conspiracy to defraud.
5
He has pleaded not guilty to eight counts of conspiracy to defraud.
1
I must say, it has been giving me some gip.'
2
As for the 'gip' who was stabbed, nothing more was heard of it; she 'traipsed' off with the rest.
3
One fiendish creature drew her scissors, and, using them like a stiletto, drove the sharp point into a sister 'gip's' head.
4
GIP is an investment fund founded by Credit Suisse and General Electric.
5
I glanced at Gip, but Gip was looking at a magic rocking-horse.
1
So he began to try 'Hey diddle diddle', but it wouldn't do.
2
Tramp, tramp, tramp went the rhythmic feet; diddle-diddle-dee went the fiddles.
3
The origin of the diddle is referrable to the infancy of the Human Race.
4
Rather a small, but still a scientific diddle is this.
5
The origin of the diddle is referable to the infancy of the Human Race.
1
With a little luck he hopes to nobble a few more this afternoon.
2
We were going well and if you wanted to nobble someone who would you nobble?
3
Which means I nobble him absolutely as soon as I can, first thing in the morning.
4
Both Professor Littlewood and Mr Riley agreed that greater transparency will nobble New Zealand's growing foreign trust industry.
5
Attempts had been made to "nobble" a referee.
1
They would victimize you, they would blame you, they would accuse you.
2
And it is easier to victimize children than it is adults.
3
Shady advertising certainly can victimize people who do not understand how reverse mortgages work.
4
I don't want the society to victimize me when I refuse to be victimized.
5
I did not victimize your daughter and you know it.
1
The mulct to be imposed upon the parish of Epinal was never exacted.
2
The bondes came then, according to agreement, to pay the mulct.
3
My remark was an epitogram-anaxis-akind of mulct'em in parvo.
4
When he is warned on a jury, he had rather pay the mulct than appear.
5
No mulct was paid for Harek's house-servants, and the rock was declared to be Grankel's.
1
I'd just as soon goldbrick with malaria as with anything else.
2
I do not feel hard toward goldbrick men and "blue sky" venders.
3
Out with the goldbrick first.
4
We chiseled, stole, malingered, goldbricked, and generally made ourselves as comfortable as we could.
5
He sounded out of breath, but Hall had no idea why; he had been goldbricking all night.
1
And as for those rails Cardigan managed to hornswoggle me out of-
2
But don't forget, boys, when you-all want me to hornswoggle Wall Street another flutter, all you-all have to do is whisper the word.
3
Hornswoggled me out of seven letters.
4
"I'll be hornswoggled if I can stand this much longer," he gasped out to Frank.
1
Leto smiled, This is Apollo's work but don't short-change yourself.
2
The Tories will be accused of trying to short-change Scotland.
3
But will these Republicans opt to short-change their middle class political base the same way?
4
The problem is, these foods not only dent the budget, they can short-change you nutritionally.
5
In what way does this short-change the public?
Usage of con in English
1
According to him, English players have long known how to con referees.
2
According to the actress, Wilson used his children to further his con.
3
You're spiritual con men, confidence tricksters offering false faith and false hope.
4
Mr Lowry is con testing the Tipperary North election as an Independent.
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But no way was I falling for this guy's penny-pinching con job.
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This is a con job, Rubio said at a rally in Texas.
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Apparently, the skipper had followed with the rest of the con crew.
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There's no question that he was also something of a con man.
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And even with pro and con arguments provided, it polls really well.
10
Whether anime, comic books or sci-fi there's likely a con for you.
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And then there's the best part of every con I've ever attended.
12
We know that the move is all part of a complicated con.
13
The pro or con of this we will not pretend to decide.
14
Ms Sharp discovered the con when Mr Malone arrived at her doorstep.
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There are plenty of con artists in places like this, you know.
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The body con fit and high slit give it certified stunner status.
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