āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to con
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āĻāĻžāύā§
to deceive someone in order to deprive them of something, such as money, property, or information
Transitive: to con sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The fraudster conned unsuspecting tourists by selling them counterfeit goods at inflated prices.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāύā§āĻĻā§āĻšāĻšā§āύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāĻāĻāĻĻā§āϰāĻā§ āĻ
āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽā§ āύāĻāϞ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ āϧā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽā§āĻāϏā§āĻĨ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāϤ āĻĒā§āύāϰāĻžāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž
to study or memorize something thoroughly, especially by repetition
Transitive: to con information
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He conned the speech word for word to ensure he would not forget it.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻā§āϤā§āϤāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§ āĻŽā§āĻāϏā§āĻĨ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āϝāĻžāϤ⧠āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύ āϝ⧠āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϞāĻŦā§āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž, āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ
a disadvantage or negative aspect of a situation or decision
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They discussed the cons of the new policy, including longer working hours and reduced flexibility.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āύāϤā§āύ āύā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ
āϏā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϞā§āĻāύāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āĻŽāĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āύāĻŽāύā§āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻ
āύā§āϤāϰā§āĻā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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a swindle in which someone is cheated or deceived for another's gain
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
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
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He met several cons while working in the prison library.
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against an opinion or proposition
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The senator spoke con the proposed legislation.
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