Con

[Con]

A con, or confidence game, is a swindle when you take advantage of someone's trust. If you con someone out of their life savings, you might wind up a con as in convict.

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- (). A prefix, fr. L. cum, signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.

Noun
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

Noun
an argument opposed to a proposal

Noun
a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

Verb
commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"

Verb
deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"

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Adverb
on the negative side; "much was written pro and con"

adv.
Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.

v. t.
To know; to understand; to acknowledge.

v. t.
To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.

v. t.
To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.

Con

Con- (). A prefix, fr. L. cum, signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.

Con

Con, adv. [Abbrev. from L. contra against.] Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.

Con

Con, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Conning.] [AS. cunnan to know, be able, and (derived from this) cunnian to try, test. See Can, v. t. & i.] 1. To know; to understand; to acknowledge. [Obs.]
Of muses, Hobbinol, I con no skill.
They say they con to heaven the highway.
2. To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.
Fixedly did look Upon the muddy waters which he conned As if he had been reading in a book.
I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson.
To con answer, to be able to answer. [Obs.] -- To con thanks, to thank; to acknowledge obligation. [Obs.] Shak.

Con

Con, v. t. [See Cond.] (Naut.) To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.

- (). A prefix, fr. L. cum, signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.

Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.

To know; to understand; to acknowledge.

To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.

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Usage Examples

There are pros and cons of experience. A con is that you can't look at the business with a fresh pair of eyes and as objectively as if you were a new CEO. Fire yourself on a Friday night and come in on Monday morning as if a search firm put you there as a turn-around leader. Can you be objective and make the bold change?

It's an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in exchange for something after death. Even corporations with their reward systems don't try to make it posthumous.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves about the burden and change being placed upon them.

The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we're going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it.