CONNED Definition & Meaning

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conned

[ kond ]

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adjective

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

the simple past tense and past participle of con ².

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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

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Victims have been conned out of millions of pounds in a whisky barrel investment scam, a BBC investigation has found.

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Brad Pitt is not on social media, his team reminded fans, after a French woman said she was conned out of $800,000 by scammers posing as the A-list actor.

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This was another woman who had been conned by the holiday scam - this time in England.

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He simultaneously conned those he could reach using the Internet into believing his brain functions on a higher level than most people, persuading media entities with massive platforms to promote his illusion of genius.

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Instead, she became the victim of romance fraud and was conned into handing over £42,000 - only for police to initially dismiss her case as a civil matter.

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