How to use "con" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "con" in popular movie and book plots

  • They bring in two Americans: con artist Wanda Gershwitz and weapons expert Otto West, a mean-spirited anglophobe.  - A Fish Called Wanda
  • The con begins to unravel when Rachel and Jack fall for each other while Alex similarly falls for Rachel's daughter, Kelly.  - Longshot (film)
  • There, Dimitri tries to establish an introduction but Marie refuses, having already heard of Dimitri's initial scheme to con her.  - Anastasia (1997 film)
  • Max and Page Conners (Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt) are a mother-daughter con artist team.  - Heartbreakers (2001 film)
  • Frank, meanwhile, has expanded his con to include the identities of a doctor and lawyer.  - Catch Me If You Can
  • Big Smith's moll Dixie Cousins (Kelly Rutherford) is a saloon singer and con artist who has a brief romantic encounter with Brisco.  - The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
  • Redmond flees to Dublin, where he quickly falls in with bad company in the way of con artists, and soon loses all his money.  - The Luck of Barry Lyndon
  • Arch Hammer (Harry Townes) is a con man who can change his face to make it look like anyone he chooses.  - The Four of Us Are Dying
  • A guest, Lisolette Mueller, who is being wooed by con man Harlee Claiborne, rushes to the 87th floor to check on a young family.  - The Towering Inferno
  • They fall deeply into debt and are prey to con men.  - The Jungle
  • Emmy unexpectedly returns a few days later, but immigration inspector Hammock (Abel) appears, hunting for con artists such as Georges.  - Hold Back the Dawn
  • Jean Harrington (Barbara Stanwyck) is a beautiful con artist.  - The Lady Eve
  • He cannot afford the care that his mother is receiving so he resorts to being a con man.  - Choke (novel)
  • Gondorff is initially reluctant, but he relents and recruits a core team of experienced con men to con Lonnegan.  - The Sting
  • He meets McCabe in the restroom who tries to convince him that this is all a hoax and a con and that his case is going to trial.  - Vanilla Sky
  • ¡Vaya con Dios.  - The Magnificent Seven

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