con man

noun

: a person who tricks other people in order to get their money : con artist

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The high-flying spirit of the time is embodied in the film’s main character, Frank Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio), a con man who pretends to be a pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer, traversing the country in the process. —

Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 24 Dec. 2024 Everyone in Steven Spielberg’s romp is clearly having a blast, and Adams is adoring (and adorable) opposite DiCaprio’s smooth-talking con man. —

Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024 Another way of putting this is that the material rewards for bending the truth about old art could have made the Dalai Lama a con man. —

Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024 Pietro La Greca Jr’s memoir Pesos: The Rise and Fall of a Border Family tells the story of an Italian immigrant and con man who ran Mexico’s biggest money laundering scheme during the worst economic period in the country’s history. —

Peter White, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for con man