Definition of a con

con

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noun

a swindle, scam. From "confidence trick" or "confidence game."

Citation from "I Can't Stan You", American Dad! (TV), Season 3 Episode 17 (2007) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
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Last edited on Jul 17 2016. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
shortened form of "conference." Usually used with a descriptor.
I'm going to a science fiction con this weekend.
I'm going to a con this weekend.
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Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
a convict.
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Last edited on Sep 06 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

verb - transitive

to swindle or scam.

Citation from "Irregarding Steve", American Dad! (TV), Season 2 Episode 8 (2006) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: to take advantage of, cheat, trick.
Last edited on Mar 03 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

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perf	Definitions include: "perfect".
perv	Definitions include: "pervert."
doc	Definitions include: "doctor".
rette	Definitions include: short for cigarette.
def obvi	Definitions include: short for definitely obvious.
vic	Definitions include: to victimize.
con call	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "conference call".
fav	Definitions include: "favorite."
apt	Definitions include: "apartment."
plz	Definitions include: "please".
whatev'	Definitions include: Short and sassy for "whatever."
med	Definitions include: "medication".
hook	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "hook up".
vet	Definitions include: to review for correctness.
rad	Definitions include: great; "awesome"; "cool".
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bum steer	Definitions include: To mislead or to give (or receive) bad directions.
use	Definitions include: to habitually take a drug or drink alcohol.
bob	Definitions include: to perform fellatio.
pull (one's) leg	Definitions include: to kid.
hose	Definitions include: to lie to.
upper decker	Definitions include: defecating in the tank of a toilet, causing it to clog.
*fck**	Definitions include: to have sex (with).
get bent	Definitions include: derogatory command that means roughly "Go get fucked!"
screw over	Definitions include: to take advantage of.
sasser	Definitions include: to trick a person into doing something that like a good idea but will end in disaster.
butter up	Definitions include: to flatter, especially for future gain.
have	Definitions include: to take advantage of.
sponge off	Definitions include: to rely on others for things one wants or needs, especially food, shelter, etc.
skank	Definitions include: a dirty or promiscuous female.
*bag btch**	Definitions include: a female who is in a relationship only for illegal powdered drugs (e.g. cocaine,) which is often stored in a small bag.
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Other terms relating to 'game':
A-game	Definitions include: a good performance.
Big Game, the	Definitions include: a particular important sporting event.
bored game	Definitions include: "board game".
boss game	Definitions include: boss game.
bring (one's) A game	Definitions include: to deliver a good performance ("A-game").
bugger that for a game of Soldiers	Definitions include: British expression meaning that the speaker doesn't want to do something.
charge it to the game	Definitions include: Too bad; there is nothing one can do; shortened - Charge it.
game	Definitions include: the ability to attract members of the opposite sex.
game changer	Definitions include: something that radically changes a situation.
game on	Definitions include: interjection of encouragement.
game over	Definitions include: of no more value or no longer cool.
game pieces	Definitions include: Pot and anything needed to smoke it.
game plan	Definitions include: a plan.
game, the	Definitions include: the pursuit of money.
game-time decision	Definitions include: a decision that will be made close to the time of acting upon that decision.
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Other terms relating to 'trick':
bag of tricks	Definitions include: a person who is a source of constant surprise.
how's tricks?	Definitions include: a greeting.
Jedi mind trick	Definitions include: Originally from the movie "Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope."
one trick pony	Definitions include: someone or something that has delivered only one success.
paper bag trick	Definitions include: a person, generally a woman, who has an attractive body, but an ugly face.
put (one) in (one's) trick bag	Definitions include: to intentionally answer another person's question incorrectly.
trick	Definitions include: a person being used in a relationship sense for money or what they can do for the user.
tricked out	Definitions include: highly modified in a hellacious way, referring to automobiles.
trick knee	Definitions include: a knee with problems such that it may suddenly give out.
trick master	Definitions include: a person who habitually pays for sexual favors.
trick on	Definitions include: to coerce someone into some form of romantic or flirtatious activity.
trick out	Definitions include: to customize.
trick P	Definitions include: a one night stand.
turn tricks	Definitions include: to prostitute one's self.