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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: conning (0.01786 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to conning.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: conning conning See con con n 1: an argument opposed to a proposal [ant: pro] 2: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: convict, inmate, jailbird, gaolbird] 3: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco game , bunko, bunko game, confidence trick, confidence game , con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam] [also: conning, conned] con adv : on the negative side; “much was written pro and con” [syn: in opposition ] [ant: pro] [also: conning, conned] con v 1: 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” [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp] 2: commit to memory; learn by heart; “Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?” [syn: memorize, memorise, learn] [also: conning, conned]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Conning Con \Con\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conned; p. pr. & vb. n. Conning.] [AS. cunnan to know, be able, and (derived from this) cunnian to try, test. See Can, v. t. & i.] 1. To know; to understand; to acknowledge. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Of muses, Hobbinol, I con no skill. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] They say they con to heaven the highway. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously. [1913 Webster] Fixedly did look Upon the muddy waters which he conned As if he had been reading in a book. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson. --Burke. [1913 Webster] To con answer, to be able to answer. [Obs.] To con thanks, to thank; to acknowledge obligation. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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