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con

noun as in a trick

noun as in a convict

verb as in deceive, defraud

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No one is easier to con than a con artist, precisely because they are so susceptible to flattery.

From Salon

He also intends to dismantle the Department of Education, calling the agency “a big con job” infiltrated by “radicals, zealots, and Marxists” that misused taxpayer dollars.

"We have to look at the range of possibilities that are available to us and the pros and cons of all of those and be really thoughtful," said Doucet.

From BBC

Prostate Cancer UK has also been calling for a change to allow medics to proactively talk to higher risk patients about the pros and cons of testing instead of waiting for them to come forward.

From BBC

However, she says there are "loads of different factors" and clubs need to weigh up the "pros and cons" before any vote is passed.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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