conn

¹

[kon]

verb (used with object)

1. con.

noun

1. responsibility for the steering of a ship.

2. con.

Conn.

²

abbreviation

1. Connecticut.

Conn.

¹

abbreviation

1. Connecticut

Conn

²

/ kɒn /

noun

1. 2nd century _ad , king of Leinster and high king of Ireland

conn

³

/ kɒn /

verb

1. a variant spelling (esp US) of con 4

Word History and Origins

Origin of conn¹

First recorded in 1800–10

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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Three Southern California men are accused of conning over 100 victims — most of them elderly — into transferring funds over fraudulent security concerns or by way of falsified real estate sales.

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