short con

== English == === Noun === short con (plural short cons) A scam that can be performed in minutes or seconds, typically aiming to rob the victim of the money or valuables they carry on them. Coordinate term: long con === Further reading === Eric Partridge (2005), “short con”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 2 (J–Z), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1736. scam § Length on Wikipedia.Wikipedia