/?kɑ?n ?ɑ?r.t??st/(alsocon man,con woman);(UKalsoconfidence trickster)apersonwhodeceivesotherpeopleby making thembelievesomethingfalseor making them givemoneyaway骗子，行骗者；诈骗犯SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesMiscellaneous criminals
arsonist
artifice burglar
bigamist
bioterrorist
black hat
distraction thief
drug dealer
embezzler
expropriator
extortioner
looter
lowlife
lynch mob
man of straw
money launderer
shicer
shoplifter
small-timer
smuggler
snatcher
See more results ?(Definition ofcon artistfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)Examples from literature
Art didn't say anything, just sat pat and waited, the way he did sometimes when con artists came into the shop with some kind of scam that they wanted him to play along with.
