Usually means: Deceiver skilled in manipulation, fraud.
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  1. con man: Merriam-Webster
  2. con man: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. con man: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. con man: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. con-man: Wordnik
  7. con man: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. con man: Wiktionary
  9. con man: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. con man: Dictionary.com
  11. Con Man (disambiguation), Con Man (web series), Con Man (webseries), Con Man, Con-man, Con man (disambiguation), Con man: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. con man: Rhymezone
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  14. con man: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Con Man: The Word Detective
  16. con man: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Con-man, con man: Legal dictionary

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  1. con man: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Con man)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of conman [confidence trickster]

Similar:
con artist, confidence man, business man, funny man, mischiefmaker, sandwich man, sandwich-man, confrère, middle man, ad-man, more...

Opposite:
honest man, honest person, honest woman, honest lady

Phrases:
So Dark the Con of Man, travelling con man, more...

Adjectives:
mug, rogue, felon, stale, plagiary, crook, antishoplifting, burglarious, sneak, nimble-fingered, placer



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Similar:
con artist, confidence man, business man, funny man, mischiefmaker, sandwich man, sandwich-man, confrère, middle man, ad-man, more...

Opposite:
honest man, honest person, honest woman, honest lady

Phrases:
So Dark the Con of Man, travelling con man, more...

Adjectives:
mug, rogue, felon, stale, plagiary, crook, antishoplifting, burglarious, sneak, nimble-fingered, placer



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