Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of conman English)
WordNet
n. a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim [syn: confidence man, con artist]
Wikipedia
Con Man may refer to:
- Confidence man, a practitioner of confidence tricks
- Con Man (web series), an American comedy web series created by Alan Tudyk
- Freelance (1971 film) (Con Man in the United States), a 1971 British thriller film starring Ian McShane
- Rob Conway (nicknamed "The Con Man"), an American professional wrestler
- CONMAN, a software package to allow time-sharing terminals on the DOS/VSE operating system on IBM Mainframes, similar to TSO on MVS.
Con Man is an American comedy web series created, written, directed by, and starring Alan Tudyk. The series follows cult science fiction actor Wray Nerely (Tudyk), as he tours the convention circuit. Tudyk, one of the stars of the 2002 science fiction TV show Firefly, based Con Man loosely upon his own experiences. The series is co-produced by PJ Haarsma and by Nathan Fillion, who also co-stars in it. Crowdfunded through Indiegogo, Con Man set records for crowdfunding a web series by raising more than $1 million in 24 hours and more than $3.1 million overall. The series premiered on September 30, 2015, on Vimeo. The second season will premiere in late 2016 and will be available on Comic-Con HQ, their subscription streaming video service.
Usage examples of "con man".
A good con man takes your money and sells you first-rate bullshit.
Sure, he knew Doctor Mubuta was a con man, all the hepcats in Harlem had him made.
Rinehart seems to be some kind of a con man, a numbers runner, a gambler.
Barnum, the notorious con man/entrepreneur and co-founder of the Barnum &.
I believe Heinlein said the difference between a writer and a con man was, the writer could work in bed and use his right name if he happened to feel like it.
He grinned and gave me a silent thumbs-up the Listener wouldn't notice, so he was either really on my side or one fine con man.
In my mood, I could sympathize even harder with that con man Izzy.
Then he clapped me on the shoulder in a quick, friendly sort of way, as if to make sure I understood that he'd pegged me for an arch con man, but that he wasn't going to ruin the joke by letting Sonny in on it.