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noun Informal.

a person adept at lying, cajolery, or glib self-serving talk.

a person adept at swindling by means of confidence games; swindler.

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The above are just a few examples of what con artists use to get you to pay with gift cards.
Hints From Heloise: Rising prices cause reader to buy less|Heloise Heloise|September 27, 2021|Washington Post
Marketplace’s competitors have in recent years implemented measures to rein in con artists.
Facebook Grew Marketplace to 1 Billion Users. Now Scammers Are Using It to Target People Around the World.|by Craig Silverman, A.C. Thompson and Peter Elkind|September 22, 2021|ProPublica
What made the service popular with users has also made it popular with criminals and con artists.
Facebook Grew Marketplace to 1 Billion Users. Now Scammers Are Using It to Target People Around the World.|by Craig Silverman, A.C. Thompson and Peter Elkind|September 22, 2021|ProPublica
A similarly diverse cohort of fresh-faced high school grads, stay-at-home moms, oddballs and con artists in need of mid-career credentials form a study group in Community.
Pour One Out For the Network Comedy|Judy Berman|September 17, 2021|Time

She argued that the latter two were the literary equivalent of burglars and con artists, pilfering material from their subjects’ lives and gaining the trust of people who often felt disappointed or even betrayed by the results.
Janet Malcolm, elegant and incisive writer for the New Yorker, dies at 86|Harrison Smith|June 17, 2021|Washington Post
But almost to the man, the first thing every ex-con tells me is how hard it is to find work.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside|Justin Rohrlich|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
No artist had ever done anything like that at an awards show.
Bow Down, Bitches: How Beyoncé Turned an Elevator Brawl Into a Perfect Year|Kevin Fallon|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To be fair, no artist had ever been asked to, or could have pulled it off if they had.
Bow Down, Bitches: How Beyoncé Turned an Elevator Brawl Into a Perfect Year|Kevin Fallon|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The most exciting and thrillingly unique artist to surface in 2014.
The 10 Best Albums of 2014: Taylor Swift, Sia, Run the Jewels, and More|Marlow Stern|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A 59-year-old retired subway train driver, who gave his name only as Artist, admitted that he had family members in the NYPD.
Protesters Demand Justice For Gurley As Gap Grows Between Cops and NYC|M.L. Nestel|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This attracted much attention, and the London journals praised the artist.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
Her attachment to impressionism leads this artist to many experiments in color—or, as one critic wrote, "to play with color."
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
The pictures of flowers which this artist paints prove her to be a devoted lover of nature.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
This artist is, sui generis, a daughter of the people, of unconventional tastes and habits.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
Other pictures by this artist remind one of the works of Botticelli.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement

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