con
Theme: DECEPTION
1.
n. a confidence scheme.
They pulled a real con on the old lady.This is an okay con you got going.
2.
tr. to swindle or deceive someone.
Don't try to con me. I know the score.Bruno conned him out of his money.
Theme: JAIL
n. a convict.One of the cons keeps a snake in his cell for a pet.Is that guy in the gray pajamas one of the escaped cons?
con
1. noun
1
a convict or ex-convict US, 1888.
2
a criminal conviction UK, 1925.
3
deception; an act intended to trick or deceive; a tale intended to deceive US, 1896.
4
a convention. Especially popular among fans of science fiction and comic books US, 1978.
5
in horse racing, a concession wager AUSTRALIA, 1989.
6
a conference; a consul-tation. Lawyers' use UK, 1961.
7
a lavatory attendant UK, 1961
2. verb
to subject someone to a confidence trick; to dupe the victim of a criminal enterprise US, 1892