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con n. an argument opposed to a proposal
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con v. [
victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change] 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"
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con r. in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; "much was written pro and con"
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con n. [
convict, inmate, yard bird, yardbird] a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
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con v. [
memorize, memorise, learn] commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"
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