Meaning of con artist | Babel Free
Definitions
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.
Equivalents
Čeština
podvodník
Dansk
svindler
Deutsch
Abzocker
Hochstapler
Hochstaplerin
Scharlatan
Schwindler
Schwindlerin
Trickbetrüger
Trickbetrügerin
Ελληνικά
απατεώνας
Galego
argalleiro
Bahasa Indonesia
penipu
日本語
詐欺師
Kurdî
şarlatan
Latina
fraudator
Македонски
хохштаплер
Kiswahili
tapeli
Türkçe
dolandırıcı
Examples
“That greedy con artist would swindle you at any cost⟳.”
“He's the FBI agent antagonist in Catch⟳ Me If You Can (2002) opposite a buoyantly charming young Leonardo DiCaprio as con artist Frank Abagnale, but his character is more of a determined cat to Leo's mouse than a real foil; he's simply a prim Eisenhower-era man with a job to do.”
“Leavers will be attracted to that story because it spares them the discomfort of admitting that they voted for a con, and then made a prime minister of the con artist.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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