con job
Grifter's careful work
A con job is a swindle or fraud—an act of deception designed to cheat someone out of money, trust, or something else of value.
The term emphasizes the manipulative skill involved: The whole investment scheme was an elaborate con job.
It can also describe any situation where someone is being fooled: That sales pitch was a total con job.
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- griftSwindle or petty fraud
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
shell game · deceit · misdirection · bait and switch · hoax · dishonesty · flimflam · gaslighting · bunco · pretense · too good to be true · taken for a ride · hustle · fast talk · smooth operator · grooming · confidence trick · phishing
- scamsscam, scams, fraud, frauds, swindle
- crimesarson, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, vandalism
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- theftstealing, larceny, steal, burglary, robbery
- heistsheist, bank heist, bank robbery, art heist, diamond heist
- suspensesuspense, suspenseful, tension, nail-biter, nail-biting
con jobstraight talk
Honest, direct communication
full disclosure · plain truth · transparency · plain dealing · truthfulness
con jobwindfall
Unanticipated lucky gain
lucky break · blessing · godsend · gift
job, con, jobs, cons, con artist, conned, conning, confidence man, confidence game