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  • 61con — con1 [ kan ] noun count ** 1. ) INFORMAL a dishonest plan or method for making someone give you money: The insurance scheme was just a big con. 2. ) VERY INFORMAL a PRISONER con con 2 [ kan ] verb transitive INFORMAL to make someone believe… …

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  • 62con — 1 verb conned, conning (T) informal 1 to get money from someone by deceiving them: con sb out of: He conned me out of $5! 2 to persuade someone to do something by deceiving them: con sb into doing sth: We were conned into signing the contract. 2… …

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  • 63con — 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 …

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  • 64con — noun (informal) ADJECTIVE ▪ big ▪ The seance was just a big con. CON + NOUN ▪ game (AmE), trick (BrE) ▪ artist …

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  • 65con — prep. Significa el modo, medio o instrumento con que se realiza algo. En unión, en compañía. con prep. Afijo que expresa reunión, cooperación o agregación …

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  • 66con — con1 informal verb (cons, conning, conned) deceive (someone) into doing or believing something by lying to them. noun a deception of this kind. Origin C19 (orig. US): abbrev. of confidence, as in confidence trick. con2 noun (usu. in phr. pros and …

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  • 67con — 1. verb, informal we got conned See swindle 2. noun 1) an ex con See convict 2) a public relations con See swindle …

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  • 68CoN — • Chart of Nuclids http://www.dne.bnl.gov/CoN/ …

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  • 69CoN — [1] Chart of Nuclids (http://www.dne.bnl.gov/CoN/) …

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  • 70con — v To swindle or cheat. Don t try to con me. 1880s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang