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con artist noun[ C ] uk /ˈkɒn ˌɑː.tɪst/ us /ˈkɑːn ˌɑːr.t̬ɪst/(alsocon man, con woman); (UK alsoconfidence trickster) a person who deceives other people by making them believe something false or making them give money away骗子,行骗者;诈骗犯 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Miscellaneous criminals arsonist artifice burglar bigamist bioterrorist black hat distraction burglar distraction thief drug dealer embezzler expropriator launderer looter lowlife man of straw money launderer scofflaw shicer shoplifter small-timer smuggler
Art didn't say anything, just sat pat and waited, the way he did sometimes when con artists came into the shop with some kind of scam that they wanted him to play along with. |