CON

(noun) a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
synonyms : bunco , bunco game , bunko , bunko game , con game , confidence game , confidence trick , flimflam , gyp , hustle , sting
(noun) an argument opposed to a proposal
(noun) a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
synonyms : convict , inmate , yard bird , yardbird
(verb) commit to memory; learn by heart
"Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"
synonyms : learn , memorise , memorize
(verb) deprive of by deceit
"He swindled me out of my inheritance", "She defrauded the customers who trusted her", "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
synonyms : bunco , defraud , diddle , gip , goldbrick , gyp , hornswoggle , mulct , nobble , rook , scam , short-change , swindle , victimize
(adverb) in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.
"much was written pro and con"

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