How to Use con artist in a Sentence

con artist

noun
  • That means customers duped into sending money to con artists are often out of luck.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024
  • But the surge in online shopping over the past 10 years or so has opened the door to crooks and con artists, too.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2024
  • This is prime time for con artists and shady tax preparers.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
  • To the internet writ large, Calloway become a joke, a snake, a con artist, a scammer.
    Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
  • This movie chronicles a few con artists and their victims.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Some consumers mailed the cash to con artists, others handed over the dollars to drivers.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2024
  • The two actors led the 2001 comedy as a mother-daughter con artist team.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
  • John then turns the tables on the con artists, putting them through a series of twisted and terrifying traps.
    Sage Anderson, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Killer con artist Tom Ripley knows how to reinvent himself.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 6 June 2024
  • Culture What to Read in 2023 Get acquainted with some of the world's most famous scammers, con artists, and gangsters.
    Juliana Ukiomogbe, elle.com, 31 May 2023
  • But serial killers, spies, con artists, and criminals have also called the state their home.
    Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Or the con artists will hack the actual realtor’s email account.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2023
  • With a new game in play, full of Jigsaw’s signature devious and deranged traps, the tables are now turned on the con artists.
    Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 July 2023
  • But actually, the reason why con artists are often able to re-offend is because of the shame.
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2023
  • This twangy ballad about con artists who fall in love feels like the work of that alternate-reality Swift.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 May 2024
  • Or con artists hide behind a fake FedEx notice that says there's a delivery problem.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Tawney was this soft-spoken, devout woman, while Sandy is this very showy and outgoing con artist.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2023
  • The old Morris — the hustler and con artist — might have run from the situation, certainly not run toward it.
    Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Robyn has moved to Iowa for a fresh start, with the goal of putting her past as a con artist behind her in order to reconnect with her angry and estranged daughter.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2023
  • So a con artist, not to name anyone in particular, would, of course, learn that and figure out how to craft exactly the right package.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Rossi leads the film as Mal Cooper, a bounty hunter who must retrieve a con artist criminal accountant and keep him alive.
    Julia MacCary, Variety, 15 Feb. 2023
  • But serial killers, spies, con artists and criminals have also called the Badger State home.
    Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Do people understand the definition of the term con artist?
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Here's how to avoid the con artists According to prosecutors, Stergo used the money to live a life of luxury.
    Fabiana Chaparro, CNN, 28 July 2023
  • Retreat follows Liz Dawson, a con artist used to blending into crowds.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 24 July 2024
  • What does intrigue and keep one musing is Warhol himself, a study in contradictions: genius or con artist?
    Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The film, which is based on Jennifer Vogle's 2004 memoir, focuses on a con artist and his relationship with his daughter.
    Lia Beck, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Some became performers and hucksters, craftspeople and con artists, drifters and thieves.
    Caleb Madison, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2023
  • During the trial, Bakley was shown to be a con artist who had dozens of aliases, swindled thousands of men and had been married 10 times previously.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Once the victim responds to the message, the con artist casually mentions their wealth and cryptocurrency.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 7 July 2023

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