conman
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++con·man /ˈkɒnmæn $ ˈkɑːn-/ noun (plural conmen /-men/) [countable] informal SCTRICK/DECEIVEsomeone who tries to get money from people by tricking them 〔诈取钱财的〕骗子 → con
Examples from the Corpus
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.con·man nounChineseSyllable
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conman
con‧man /ˈkɒnmæn $ ˈkɑːn-/
noun (plural conmen /-men/) [countable] informal
someone who tries to get money from people by tricking them ⇨ con
■ different types of criminal
▪thief someone who steals things: Car thieves have been working in the area. | The thieves stole over £5,000 worth of jewellery.
▪robber someone who steals money or valuable things from a bank, shop etc – used especially when someone sees the person who is stealing: a masked robber armed with a shotgun | They were the most successful bank robbers in US history.
▪burglar someone who goes into people’s homes in order to steal: The burglars broke in through a window.
▪shoplifter someone who takes things from shops without paying for them: The cameras have helped the store catch several shoplifters.
▪pickpocket someone who steals things from people’s pockets, especially in a crowd: A sign warned that pickpockets were active in the station.
▪conman/fraudster someone who deceives people in order to get money or things: Conmen tricked the woman into giving them her savings, as an ‘investment’.
▪forger someone who illegally copies official documents, money, artworks etc: a forger who fooled museum curators
▪counterfeiter someone who illegally copies money, official documents, or goods: Counterfeiters in Colombia are printing almost perfect dollar bills.
▪pirate someone who illegally copies and sells another person’s work: DVD pirates
▪mugger someone who attacks and robs people in public places: Muggers took his money and mobile phone.
▪murderer someone who deliberately kills someone else: His murderer was sentenced to life imprisonment. | the murderer of civil rights activist Medgar Evers | He is a mass murderer (=someone who kills a large number of people).
▪serial killer someone who kills several people, one after the other over a period of time, in a similar way: Shipman was a trusted family doctor who became Britain's worst serial killer.
▪rapist someone who forces someone else to have sex: Some rapists drug their victims so that they become unconscious.
▪sex offender someone who is guilty of a crime related to sex: Too many sex offenders are released from prison early.
▪vandal someone who deliberately damages public property: Vandals broke most of the school’s windows.
▪arsonist someone who deliberately sets fire to a building: The warehouse fire may have been the work of an arsonist.
con‧man /ˈkɒnmæn $ ˈkɑːn-/
noun (plural conmen /-men/) [countable] informalsomeone who tries to get money from people by tricking them ⇨ con
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