con
con
kɑn
kaan
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "con"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to deceive someone in order to deprive them of something, such as money, property, or information
Transitive: to con sb
to con definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The fraudster conned unsuspecting tourists by selling them counterfeit goods at inflated prices.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻšāĻšā§€āύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāϟāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰāϕ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āύāĻ•āϞ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāϤ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž

to study or memorize something thoroughly, especially by repetition
Transitive: to con information
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He conned the speech word for word to ensure he would not forget it.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤ⧃āϤāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϭ⧁āϞāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž, āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•

a disadvantage or negative aspect of a situation or decision
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They discussed the cons of the new policy, including longer working hours and reduced flexibility.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āύāϤ⧁āύ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āύāĻŽāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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a swindle in which someone is cheated or deceived for another's gain

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The street vendor 's " rare coin " was actually part of a con.
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an individual currently serving time in jail or prison

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He met several cons while working in the prison library.
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against an opinion or proposition

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The senator spoke con the proposed legislation.
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