con man
con man — 名詞
1. someone who makes you believe something that is not true, so that you give them
騙子；詐欺犯
利用謊言騙取他人金錢的人
someone who makes you believe something that is not true, so that you give them money or something valuable
The con man told elderly residents that their roofs needed expensive repairs.
那名騙子告訴年長的住戶他們的屋頂需要昂貴的修繕。
con man + told + that-clause for reporting the lie
Nadia lost her life savings to a charming con man she met online.
Nadia 在網路上認識了一名迷人的騙子，一生的積蓄全被他騙走。
common pattern: lose [possessions] to a con man
Police arrested the con man after he tricked three families into buying fake insurance policies.
警方逮捕了那名騙子，他誘騙三個家庭購買了假的保險單。
The con man pretended to be a charity collector and disappeared with the donations.
那名騙子假裝是慈善募款人員，拿到捐款後就消失了。
Omar realised too late that the friendly investor he trusted was actually a con man.
Omar 發現得太晚了——那位友善的投資者其實是個騙子。
- con artist
gender-neutral and slightly more common in formal writing
- swindler
more formal; focuses on the act of cheating someone out of money
- fraudster
British English; used in legal and financial contexts
- trickster
broader meaning; can refer to someone who deceives for amusement rather than money
文法句型
con man + verb (tricks / cheats / swindles)
con man + who + clause
用法筆記
More informal than swindler or fraudster. The female equivalent is con woman, but con artist is preferred as a gender-neutral alternative.