con artist

2 definitions found

con artist - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  con artist
      n 1: a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim [syn:
           confidence man, con man, con artist]

con artist - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "con artist":
     bunco artist, bunco steerer, cardsharp, cardsharper, carpetbagger,
     con man, confidence man, crimp, horse coper, horse trader, jackleg,
     land pirate, land shark, land-grabber, mortgage shark, pettifogger,
     pitchman, shark, sharp, sharper, sharpie, shortchanger, shyster,
     slicker, spieler