conned

Meanings

• verb

  Deceived or cheated, often through trickery or manipulation.

  - "He was conned into buying a faulty car."
  - "The magician conned the audience into believing he had magical powers."

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Synonyms

be sold a pup

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with conned
boned , donned , gone , moned , ponded , ponied , toned

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Variants

List of all variants of conned that leads to same result
con , conn , conned , conning , cons , conns

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'to hook' or 'to catch' in fishing, later came to mean 'to catch' someone in a lie or deception.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'conned' is often used interchangeably with the word 'scammed'.

2. In the game of bridge, 'conned' is used to describe a player who has successfully deceived their opponents.

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Related Concepts

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1. deception: The act of deceiving or misleading someone.

2. manipulation: The act of controlling or influencing someone's actions or feelings.

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Culture

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In literature, 'conned' is often used in the context of deception and trickery. For example, in Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale', Leontes is conned by his jealousy and falsely accuses his wife of infidelity.

How to Memorize "conned"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the act of being deceived or tricked, such as a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat or a fisherman reeling in a big catch.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'conned' with the feeling of being tricked or deceived, such as the sinking feeling in your stomach when you realize you've been taken advantage of.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the acronym C-O-N-N-E-D: Catch On Never Ending Deception.

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