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Meaning of con

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  con
      adv 1: in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; "much was
             written pro and con" [ant: {pro}]
      n 1: an argument opposed to a proposal [ant: {pro}]
      2: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn:
         {convict}, {con}, {inmate}, {yard bird}, {yardbird}]
      3: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person
         to buy worthless property [syn: {bunco}, {bunco game},
         {bunko}, {bunko game}, {con}, {confidence trick}, {confidence
         game}, {con game}, {gyp}, {hustle}, {sting}, {flimflam}]
      v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my
           inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted
           her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little
           change" [syn: {victimize}, {swindle}, {rook}, {goldbrick},
           {nobble}, {diddle}, {bunco}, {defraud}, {scam}, {mulct},
           {gyp}, {gip}, {hornswoggle}, {short-change}, {con}]
      2: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your
         lines for the play yet?" [syn: {memorize}, {memorise}, {con},
         {learn}]


Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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