LONG CON Definition & Meaning

long con

[ lawng kon, long ]

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noun

Slang.

an elaborate confidence game that develops in several stages over an extended period of time wherein the con man or swindler gains the victim’s trust, often bypassing small profits with the goal of reaping a much larger payout in the final maneuver:
The key to pulling off a long con is giving your marks the illusion of control while you and your team manipulate their choices.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of long con¹

long ¹( def ) + con ²( def )

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But now I find myself questioning what exactly Chloe knows about Tanya and whether she’s running a long con on Chelsea.

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The other two branches of government may have a role in this long con.

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We’ll never know if that might have been different, for better or worse, had Pruitt or others been free to caution us about the “Apprentice” long con.

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It was a long con that came to an end last week, prosecutors said, when Mr. Coleman was sentenced to three years in prison after he married a woman in Kentucky, violating the conditions of his probation on a bigamy charge.

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By now it is very old news that Trump is an apparent sociopath whose efforts to present himself as a godlike savior is no more than a long con intended to hide his goal of gaining power and control and to conceal his absence of a normal conscience.

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