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as in learned
to commit to memory
usually candidates con their entire campaign speech, right down to the jokes they supposedly ad-lib
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as in scanned
to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)
seemed to be conning his face for any sign of uncertainty
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as in cheated
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
a fly-by-night operator who had conned hundreds of would-be homeowners out of their hard-earned money
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as in tricked
to cause to believe what is untrue
tried to con me into thinking that he had actually won the lottery
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Recent Examples of conned
Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
Dakota Root, who was conned into depositing $1,200 into a crypto ATM at a Circle K in Indiana, said the experience changed his perception of the neighborhood store.
—Curt Devine, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
The commune fell apart as residents realized they were being conned by the spiritual leader, a close friend of Jobs, into providing free labor for his apple cider business.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
So there's some serious temptation to fall back to old habits when they're critter-napped by a new crew called the Bad Girls and conned into stealing an experimental rocket.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025
The former Bravo star was sentenced to 78 months in prison after being found guilty of her involvement in a telemarketing fraud scheme that conned people (mostly elders) out of their money.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2025
Individuals, often conned by unrealistic companies with no revenue and barely a business plan, didn’t have enough money to keep financing all of this junk.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 16 Nov. 2025
Seventeen years after the public was conned, every last warning has come true.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Love Con Revenge tells the real stories of people who have been conned by people from dating apps.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
What makes this case different is that key backers of the measure got conned, too.
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“Conned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conned. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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