con > define
noun
- An argument opposed to a proposal.
- A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison.
- A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
- synonyms: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam
verb
- Deprive of by deceit.
- usage: "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"
- Commit to memory; learn by heart.
- usage: "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet"
adverb
- In opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc..
- usage: "much was written pro and con"
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (adv.) Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.
- (v.t.) To know; to understand; to acknowledge.
- (v.t.) To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.
- (v.t.) To conduct or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary