con artist in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for con artist in the English»French Dictionary

con artist N

con artist

arnaqueur m sl

con artist

escroc m

Translations for con artist in the English»French Dictionary

artist [Brit ˈɑːtɪst, Am ˈɑrdəst] N

1. artist:

artist ART, THEAT

artiste mf

comic artist

acteur m comique

2. artist (person) inf → con artist

See also con artist, piss artist

con artist N

con artist

arnaqueur m sl

con artist

escroc m

piss artist N Brit sl

piss artist

pilier m de bistrot inf

Con. N Brit

Con. POL abrév → conservative

See also conservative

I.conservative [Brit kənˈsəːvətɪv, Am kənˈsərvədɪv] N

1. conservative POL:

conservative

conservateur/-trice m/f

Phrases:

Conservative Brit POL

Conservateur/-trice m/f

II.conservative [Brit kənˈsəːvətɪv, Am kənˈsərvədɪv] ADJ

1. conservative POL:

conservative person, society, policy

conservateur/-trice

2. conservative:

Conservative Brit POL

conservateur/-trice

the Conservative Party

le parti conservateur

Conservative MP

député m conservateur

to vote Conservative

voter pour le parti conservateur

3. conservative (cautious):

conservative attitude

prudent

conservative estimate

minimal

at a conservative estimate

au bas mot

4. conservative taste, dress, style:

conservative

classique

I.con [Brit kɒn, Am kɑn] N

1. con (swindle):

con inf

escroquerie f

con inf

arnaque f sl

it was all a con

c'était une escroquerie

2. con (convict):

con inf

taulard m inf

3. con (disadvantage):

con

désavantage m

II.con <pres part conning; pret, pp conned> [Brit kɒn, Am kɑn] VB trans (trick)

con inf

rouler inf

con inf

escroquer

to con sb into doing sth inf

amener qn à faire qc en abusant de sa crédulité

to con sb out of sth inf

obtenir qc de qn par la ruse

I was conned out of £5

on m'a eu de 5 livres sterling inf

III.con <pres part conning; pret, pp conned> [Brit kɒn, Am kɑn] VB intr archaic

con

étudier

See also public relations officer, Public Records Office, PRO

public relations officer, PRO N

public relations officer

responsable mf des relations publiques

Public Records Office, PRO N npl

Public Records Office

Archives fpl nationales

PRO N

1. PRO abrév → public relations officer

2. PRO abrév → Public Records Office

con artist in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for con artist in the English»French Dictionary

con artist N

con artist

escroc m

Translations for con artist in the English»French Dictionary

artist [ˈɑ:tɪst, Am ˈɑ:rt̬əst-] N

artist

artiste mf

I.con <-nn-> [kɒn, Am kɑ:n] VB trans

to con sb into believing that ...

tromper qn en lui faisant croire que ...

to con sb out of £10

escroquer qn de £10

to con sth out of sb

escroquer qc de qn

II.con <-nn-> [kɒn, Am kɑ:n] N inf

con

arnaque f

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He is also a very experienced gambler, con artist, and thief.

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The first con artist strikes up a conversation with the victim, usually while waiting somewhere.

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The first con artist offers a sizable sum of hush money, and the victim pitches in.

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In the film, he starred as a con artist who is arrested for perpetrating real-estate scams.

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He is a professional con artist, a well-trained liar, intelligent, sweet-talker and crafty.

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She instead frequently directs her efforts at new ways to shock her woefully neglectful parents, which inadvertently turn her into a rather successful con artist.

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In reality, he was a con artist who had doctored his transcripts and was expelled from medical school.

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The con artist will then slam on his brakes to avoid the shill, causing the victim to rear-end the con artist.

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Selfish con artist but later changes for the better.

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One relatively common scheme involves two cars, one for the con artist, and the other for the shill.

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