noun
Meaning 1
A confidence trickster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:deceiver
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
conman
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh3- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh3ti Proto-Germanic *kunnaną Proto-West Germanic *kunnan Old English cunnan Middle English connen English con Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English conman From con + -man.
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: bedrieër — confidence trickster
- Arabic: خَدَّاع (ḵaddāʕ) — confidence trickster
- Bulgarian: изма́мник (izmámnik) — confidence trickster
- Bulgarian: моше́ник (mošénik) — confidence trickster
- Catalan: estafador — confidence trickster
- Chinese Mandarin: 騙子 /骗子 (piànzi) — confidence trickster
- Czech: podvodník — confidence trickster
- Danish: plattenslager — confidence trickster
- Danish: platugle — confidence trickster
- Danish: bondefanger — confidence trickster
- Dutch: oplichter — confidence trickster
- Esperanto: trompisto — confidence trickster
- Esperanto: fripono — confidence trickster
- Finnish: huijari — confidence trickster
- Finnish: petkuttaja — confidence trickster
- French: escroc — confidence trickster
- French: arnaqueur — confidence trickster
- German: Hochstapler — confidence trickster
- German: Schwindler — confidence trickster
- German: Trickbetrüger — confidence trickster
- German: Bauernfänger — confidence trickster
- Greek: απατεώνας (apateónas) — confidence trickster
- Ancient Greek: φέναξ (phénax) — confidence trickster
- Hungarian: szélhámos — confidence trickster
- Hungarian: csaló — confidence trickster
- Italian: ciarlatano — confidence trickster
- Italian: gabbatore — confidence trickster
- Italian: truffatore — confidence trickster
- Italian: imbroglione — confidence trickster
- Italian: mistificatore — confidence trickster
- Italian: abbindolatore — confidence trickster
- Italian: millantatore — confidence trickster
- Japanese: 詐欺師 (sagishi) — confidence trickster
- Latin: fraudātor — confidence trickster
- Lingala: bacheque — confidence trickster
- Macedonian: измамник (izmamnik) — confidence trickster
- Macedonian: хохштаплер (hohštapler) — confidence trickster
- Norman: chicangneux — confidence trickster
- Plautdietsch: Schwindla — confidence trickster
- Polish: szarlatan — confidence trickster
- Polish: oszust — confidence trickster
- Polish: hochsztapler — confidence trickster
- Polish: hochsztaplerka — confidence trickster
- Portuguese: vigarista — confidence trickster
- Portuguese: golpista — confidence trickster
- Romanian: escroc — confidence trickster
- Russian: афери́ст (aferíst) — confidence trickster
- Russian: моше́нник (mošénnik) — confidence trickster
- Russian: жу́лик (žúlik) — confidence trickster
- Spanish: estafador — confidence trickster
- Spanish: estafadora — confidence trickster
- Spanish: estafadores — confidence trickster
- Spanish: estafadoras — confidence trickster
- Swedish: lurendrejare — confidence trickster
- Swedish: bondfångare — confidence trickster
- Thai: นักต้มตุ๋น (nák-dtûm-dtǔn) — confidence trickster
- Tok Pisin: bulsitman — confidence trickster
- Turkish: dolandırıcı — confidence trickster
- Zulu: umkhwabanisi — confidence trickster