con artist

noun

, Informal.

1. a person adept at lying, cajolery, or glib self-serving talk.
2. a person adept at swindling by means of confidence games; swindler.

Example Sentences

She’s been a potter, a poet and a felonious con artist.

From Los Angeles Times

Trump is a con artist, as evidenced by the eye-popping half-billion judgment against him in New York for decades of business fraud.

From Salon

Pitched somewhere between a whodunit and a think piece, the film follows Tegan and Carr as they attempt to track down the digital con artist they call Fake Tegan, or Fegan for short.

From Los Angeles Times

When host Julianne Hough asked what Delvey would take away from the short-lived experience — having danced in only two rounds of the competition — the convicted con artist bluntly replied, "Nothing."

From Salon

Convicted con artist Anna Delvey says her journey to the latest season of “Dancing With the Stars” came with an extra step.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• con man
• crook
• hustler
• swindler