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- noun Alternative spelling of
con artist .
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Examples
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Another knockout is the chillingly well-made documentary "The Imposter," about Frédéric Bourdin, a French con-artist who posed as a missing child and was welcomed into the child's family home in Texas.
Scrounging for Swedish Fish at Sundance Marshall Heyman 2012
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The worst kind of con-artist: the kind who has given her scpiel so many times she can no longer distinguish it from the truth.
I'm 'saddened' by 'vicious attacks' on Palin, McCain says 2009
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Agam Darshi plays Kate, the newest team member, a mercenary con-artist who decides to fight for the good guys.
Sanctuary Returns to SyFy for 3rd Season « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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You do a great dishonor to the individuals who justifiably present the credentials which this con-artist has offered, and an equally great disservice to the reputation and credibility of the Navy Memorial Organization.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Everybody FINALLY knows about their con-artist moves regarding the Recovery Act money and the exponentially growing amount of hypocrisy spewing out of the GOP.
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He is a gifted political con-artist, or as Lawrence Eagleburger characterized him, a “charlatan.”
Matthew Yglesias » Foxman: Mitchell is “Fair” and I’m Unhappy About It 2009
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Propelled by the events in “Vector, †Zayne and his con-artist companion Gryph commit to a new course in exposing the dark actions of the secret Jedi Covenant.
Dark Horse Solicitations for May 2008 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Ultimately any potential investors considering PETE SUMARUCK as a possible recipient of their hard-earned funds will be forced to rethink any notions of trusting such a scurrilous back-alley scallywag, slanderous liar, and unprincipled con-artist with any investments of any sort!
Peter Sumaruck II 2010
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They would be a victim of a con-artist or some other criminal in that time.
Co-operation Hormone?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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It was an inspired outing that presented both the cartoonish con-artist version and Storybrooke's shrink edition as conscientious good guys stuck under the thumb of bad people.
strev commented on the word con-artist
oh yeah, well I'm pro-artist
June 5, 2009