con job

noun

Informal.

1. an act or instance of duping or swindling.

2. an act or instance of lying or talking glibly to convince others or get one's way.

Word History and Origins

Origin of con job¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

Climate change is “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world,” democracy and human rights are woke fictions that have allowed “uncontrolled migration” by “a force of illegal aliens,” the only persecuted minority of any consequence are Christians.

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The president also said that climate change was “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world, in my opinion.”

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He described the U.N. as ineffective, criticized migration policies, dismissed climate change as a “hoax” and “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world,” and told the assembled leaders that their countries were “going to hell.”

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Climate change, he claimed to audible gasps, was "the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world" and was lumbering European countries with expensive energy costs compared to fossil fuels.

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Meanwhile, “global warming” is “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world,” invented by radicals who want to bring down industrialized countries while letting rules-breakers like China thrive.

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