con artist

== English == === Alternative forms === con-artist === Etymology === A clipping of confidence artist. === Pronunciation === === Noun === con artist (plural con artists) A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster. Synonyms: conman, con; see also Thesaurus:confidence trickster, Thesaurus:deceiver ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Nostratic, narcotist, tacitrons, tractions, transotic