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con game
noun
A swindle in which the mark, or victim, is defrauded after his or her trust has been won.
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Life is a con game, life is a flop,.
The theater is by its very nature a con game.
I know I didn't, but once I filled in CON GAME, the sun came out.
When it comes to fiscal policy, then, Republicans have fallen victim to their own con game.
Mamet sees a parallel to the con game in writing for the theatre.
The song you're using was written about the same backward, con game policies Romney is proposing".
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And your con-within-a-con game — the race, as you insist on calling it — has no fizz, no matter how many Champagne corks are popped.
During San Diego Comic-Con, "Game of Thrones" casting news was revealed, a blooper reel was released and insights were given into the new season.
At San Diego Comic-Con, "Game of Thrones" panel moderator Rob McElhenney asked the Waif, actor Faye Marsay, for her opinion.
In the election year 1976, the answer to the question "What Popular Con Game... Played in a Carnival-Like Atmosphere... Makes Suckers of Us All?" was "Political Promises".
Art Scandal: Who Is The $50 Million Man? Art Scandal: Cohen's Con Game.
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