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Discover LudwigThe phrase "to con" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used in informal contexts to refer to deceiving or tricking someone, often for personal gain. Example: "He tried to con me into giving him my credit card information."
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to con
verb
To study, especially in order to gain knowledge of.
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"I like to con people.
For an importer, the temptation to con can be strong.
They are easy to con into giving inflated judgements.
This is a mission to con the world".
We tried to con each other into trading candy we liked better.
"I get all my information by talking to Con Ed and electricians," she said.
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Writer tells about visits to con- temporary London & Paris zoos.
But before the planned announcement a Business Week reporter called to con-firm Hurd's appointment.
The variational method and bifurcations theory are used to con- struct a branch of nodal solutions.
The three cell types displayed different gene expression profiles in response to Con-IFN (Fig. 1B).
I am trying "to con- centrate on the bull.
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