conned - Definition and Meaning

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(verb)

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persuade (someone) to do or believe something by lying to them

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I conned him into giving me your home number

she was jailed for conning her aunt out of £500,000

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(verb)

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study attentively or learn by heart (a piece of writing)

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the children conned their pages with a great show of industry

(verb)

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direct the steering of (a ship)

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he hadn't conned anything bigger than a Boston whaler