Con ( verb , noun )

(As a verb)

Con ( verb )

1. To swindle or trick someone by gaining their trust and then betraying it.
2. To persuade someone through deception or flattery.
3. To direct the steering of a ship or other vessel.

Origin:

From middle english connen, from old english cunnan, from proto-germanic *kunnaną, from proto-indo-european *ǵneh₃-, *ǵṇh₁- (“to know, recognize”).

Examples:

1. He conned his elderly neighbor out of her life savings.
2. The salesman conned me into buying a worthless product.
3. He learned how to con a con man from an old movie.
4. The captain conning the ship through the storm.
5. The helmsman was at the con when the ship hit the iceberg.

(As a noun)

Con ( noun )

1. To swindle or trick someone by gaining their trust and then betraying it.
2. To persuade someone through deception or flattery.
3. To direct the steering of a ship or other vessel.

Origin:

From middle english connen, from old english cunnan, from proto-germanic *kunnaną, from proto-indo-european *ǵneh₃-, *ǵṇh₁- (“to know, recognize”).

Examples:

1. He conned his elderly neighbor out of her life savings.
2. The salesman conned me into buying a worthless product.
3. He learned how to con a con man from an old movie.
4. The captain conning the ship through the storm.
5. The helmsman was at the con when the ship hit the iceberg.