CON meaning: Deception to achieve personal gain

We found 54 dictionaries that define the word con:

General (31 matching dictionaries)

con, con-: Merriam-Webster.com
Con, con, con, con, con, con, con, con-: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
con, con, con, con, con, con, con-: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Con, con, con-: Collins English Dictionary
con: Vocabulary.com
Con, co'n, con, con, con-: Wordnik
Con, con, con, con-: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
CON, con, con-: Wiktionary
con, con-: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
con, con-: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
con: Infoplease Dictionary
Con-, con, con, con-: Dictionary.com
con-, con (1), con (2), con (3), con (4): Online Etymology Dictionary
con: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
CON, Con (TV series), Con (name), Con, The Con (album), The Con (film), The Con (video game), The Con: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Con-, Con: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
con: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
con: Rhymezone
Con-, Con, con, con: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
con: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
con, con-: MyWord.info
con: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
con, con-: Free Dictionary
con: Mnemonic Dictionary
con: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
con, con, con-: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (4 matching dictionaries)

Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
Anime Glossary (No longer online)
con-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (1 matching dictionary)

con: Legal dictionary

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)

con: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
con: Hacking Lexicon
con: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)
CON, con-: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)

baby names list (No longer online)
CON-, CoN: Acronym Finder
CON: Three Letter Words with definitions
AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
con: Idioms

Science (2 matching dictionaries)

con: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

con, con, con, con: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Con: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)

AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
Con: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ verb:  (rare) To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.
▸ verb:  (rare, obsolete) To know; understand; acknowledge.
▸ noun:  A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
▸ noun:  (slang) A convicted criminal, a convict.
▸ noun:  (informal) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
▸ verb:  (transitive, informal) To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.
▸ noun:  (informal) An organized gathering, such as a convention, conference, or congress.
▸ noun:  (informal) The conversion of part of a building.
▸ noun:  (informal, obsolete) Consumption; pulmonary tuberculosis.
▸ noun:  (dialectal or obsolete) Squirrel, particularly the red squirrel.
▸ noun:  (Northern England, obsolete) A squirrel's nest.
▸ noun:  (abbreviation) A political conservative.
▸ noun:  A male given name, a diminutive form of Conor or Cornelius.
▸ noun:  A female given name, a diminutive form of Connie.
▸ verb:  Alternative form of conn (“direct a ship”) [(transitive) To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction).]
▸ noun:  Alternative form of conn (“navigational direction of a ship”) [The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the."]
▸ noun:  (UK politics) Abbreviation of Conservative. [(politics) A member of a political party incorporating the word "Conservative" in its name.]
▸ noun:  Initialism of Certificate of Need. [(law, US) A legal document issued by a federal or state regulatory agency with authority over an area which affirms that a proposed acquisition, expansion, or creation of a facility falling under that authority is required to fulfill the needs of a community.]
▸ noun:  (roleplaying games) Initialism of constitution point.
▸ noun:  (UK politics) Abbreviation of Conservative Party. [(UK politics) A centre-right political party, official full name Conservative and Unionist Party, informally known as the Tory Party.]

Opposite:

pro, advantage, benefit, support, favor

Types:

pyramid scheme, Ponzi scheme, phishing scam, identity theft, lottery scam, investment scam, romance scam, fake charity scam, more...

Phrases:

con a, con man, con artist, con men, con artists, more...

Adjectives:

more, air, direct, less, latin, big, serious, pro, una, necessary, non

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