From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishconmancon‧man /ˈkɒnmæn $ ˈkɑːn-/ noun (plural conmen /-men/) [countable] informal SCTRICK/DECEIVEsomeone who tries to get money from people by tricking them → con
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conman• In his next film, Leap of Faith, a grim drama, he will play the villain, a conman evangelist.• But the project was all massively exaggerated by O'Rourke, a Walter Mitty conman just declared bankrupt.• As more and more frauds emerge it becomes apparent that conmen are trying to dupe vulnerable people.• William who was a widower told his son he could believe he'd been taken in by the conmen.• The conmen use baffling jargon when they talk about those deals, to confuse their victims.• Robert Burke, a Hartley regular, is Bill McCabe, a small-time conman who has just been dumped by his girl.• Voice over Police have descriptions of the two conmen.• They're staging a play aimed at teaching the elderly how to deal with conmen and women.From Longman Business Dictionaryconmancon‧man /ˈkɒnmænˈkɑːn-/ noun (plural conmen /-men/) [countable] someone who tries to get money from people by tricking themConmen sent emails telling poeple they could earn huge amounts of money, provided they revealed their bank account details. 