con artist
con artist — 名詞
1. someone who regularly tricks people into giving them money or valuable things by
騙子
以欺騙手段騙取他人錢財的人
someone who regularly tricks people into giving them money or valuable things by telling lies or creating false situations that seem believable
An elderly couple lost their savings to a con artist pretending to be a banker.
一對老夫婦把積蓄都交給了一個假裝是銀行行員的騙子。
collocation: con artist + pretending to be [role]
Police arrested a con artist who tricked families into paying for fake home repairs.
警方逮捕了一名騙子，他欺騙多個家庭支付了根本不存在的房屋維修費用。
Lukas realised his new business partner was a con artist who had stolen company money.
Lukas 太晚才發現他的新合夥人是個騙子，早已把公司資金盜走。
A con artist told Talia a sad story about needing money for a ticket home.
一名騙子向 Talia 編了一個可憐的故事，說需要錢買車票回家。
A con artist called elderly residents, claiming to be from the tax office.
一名騙子打電話給年長居民，謊稱自己是稅務局的人。
- victim
the person who is tricked by a con artist
用法筆記
Unlike a thief who takes money by force or secretly, a con artist gets victims to hand over money willingly through deception and false promises.