Noun
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a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- bunco game - bunko game - confidence trick - confidence game - con game -
a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
- yard bird -
an argument opposed to a proposal
Verb
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commit to memory
learn by heart
"Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"
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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"
- short change
Adverb
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in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.
"much was written pro and con"