conned

[kond]

adjective

1. relating to, or being the victim of, a swindle, scam, or trick.

   Most of these schemes play off the conned person's greed and vice.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of con.

Word History and Origins

Origin of conned¹

First recorded in 1975–80; con ² ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective; con ² ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb

Example Sentences

Romance fraud is when someone is conned into sending money to a criminal who convinces them they are in a genuine relationship.

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"She's probably done me out of quite a bit of money - I feel angry and conned."

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"I just feel like I've been conned," he says, adding "no-one on this planet would have signed" had they known the true extent of the contract.

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Thomas Robinson also conned aspiring tea growers by selling them plants he claimed had been "specially engineered" to grow in Scotland's climate - but in reality they had simply been bought in from Italy.

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"You should be given an Oscar for that performance. You conned the referee. You conned us. You conned the boxing world."

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