con game
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of con game
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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Great acting is a con game, of the highest order, and it’s a pleasure to be Moore’s mark.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2023
Even by the low standards of the con game, Julia Lyons stands out as one of the most diabolical.
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2022
The only ones to suffer here might be the institutions of higher learning themselves, many of which are running a con game for their own financial benefit.
From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2022
The movies are an industry, a con game with a half-guilty conscience.
From New York Times • May 13, 2021
If this is done knowingly and with intent to defraud, this is an illegal con game.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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