con+trick

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• con trick — UK US noun [countable] [singular con trick plural con tricks] british informal a dishonest trick to make someone give you money Thesaurus: tricks, pretences and dishonest plans …   Useful english dictionary

• con trick — n a ↑confidence trick …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• con trick — ► NOUN informal ▪ a confidence trick …   English terms dictionary

• con trick — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms con trick : singular con trick plural con tricks British informal a dishonest trick to make someone give you money …   English dictionary

• con trick — noun informal term for confidence trick …   English new terms dictionary

• con trick — noun (C) a confidence trick …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• con trick — /ˈkɒn trɪk/ (say kon trik) noun Colloquial → confidence trick …  

• con — ▪ I. con con 1 [kɒn ǁ kɑːn] conned PTandPPX conning PRESPARTX verb [transitive] 1. informal to get money from someone by deceiving them: • Investors were conned out of thousands of d …   Financial and business terms

• con — [[t]kɒ̱n[/t]] cons, conning, conned 1) VERB If someone cons you, they persuade you to do something or believe something by telling you things that are not true. [INFORMAL] [V n of/out of/into n/ ing] He claimed that the businessman had conned him …   English dictionary

• con — I [[t]kɒn[/t]] adv. 1) against a proposition, opinion, etc.: arguments pro and con[/ex] 2) the argument, position, arguer, or voter against something Compare pro I • Etymology: 1575–85; short for L contrā in opposition II con [[t]kɒn[/t]] v. t.… …   From formal English to slang

• con — con1 /kon/, adv. 1. against a proposition, opinion, etc.: arguments pro and con. n. 2. the argument, position, arguer, or voter against something. Cf. pro1. [1575 85; short for L contra in opposition, against] con2 /kon/, v.t., conned, conning …   Universalium