From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Crime & lawconmancon‧man /ˈkɒnmæn $ ˈkɑːn-/ noun (plural conmen /-men/) [countable] informalSCTRICK/DECEIVEsomeone who tries to get money from people by tricking them → conExamples from the Corpusconman• In his next film, Leap of Faith, a grimdrama, he will play the villain, a conmanevangelist.• But the project was all massively exaggerated by O'Rourke, a Walter Mitty conman just declaredbankrupt.• As more and more fraudsemerge it becomes apparent that conmen are trying to dupevulnerable people.• William who was a widower told his son he could believe he'd been taken in by the conmen.• The conmen use baffling jargon when they talk about those deals, to confuse their victims.• Robert Burke, a Hartley regular, is Bill McCabe, a small-timeconman who has just been dumped by his girl.• Voice over Police have descriptions of the two conmen.• They're staging a play aimed at teaching the elderly how to deal with conmen and women.From Longman Business Dictionaryconmancon‧man /ˈkɒnmænˈkɑːn-/ noun (plural conmen /-men/) [countable]someone who tries to get money from people by tricking themConmen sent emails telling poeple they could earn huge amounts of money, provided they revealed their bank account details.