CON ARTIST meaning: Deceiver skilled in manipulating others

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Definitions from Wiktionary (con artist)

▸ noun: A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster.

Opposite:

honest person, sincere individual

Types:

pickpocket, confidence man, con woman, grifter, fence, femme fatale, concierge, more...

Phrases:

silly con artist, like a con artist, more...

Adjectives:

crook, trick, shuffling, sham, fake, prank, nimble-fingered, thievish, spoof, sneak, kayfabe

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