conman

conman — 名詞

1. a man who earns money or property by gaining people's trust through clever lies

1.名詞B2
釋義

騙子；詐騙犯

靠取得信任後行騙取財的男人

a man who earns money or property by gaining people's trust through clever lies and false promises, then taking what they give him.

例句

Piotr's grandmother lost her savings to a conman who phoned pretending to be from her bank.

Piotr 的奶奶把畢生積蓄交給一個假裝是銀行員工打電話來的騙子。

phone scam scenario

The police finally caught the conman who had been selling fake concert tickets in Camden.

警方終於抓到那名在 Camden 兜售假演唱會門票的詐騙男子。

the conman who + relative clause

同義詞
  • con artist

    gender-neutral; very common in news and everyday speech

  • fraudster

    more formal; common in legal and news writing

  • swindler

    slightly old-fashioned; emphasises taking money by deception

  • scammer

    modern, often used for online or phone fraud

反義詞
  • victim

    the person tricked by a conman, not a counterpart trickster

文法句型

a conman

the conman who ...

be a conman

用法筆記

Implies a male offender; for a woman doing the same thing, English speakers usually say 'con artist' or 'fraudster'. The word focuses on the social trick — gaining trust first — rather than physical theft.

常見錯誤

❌She is a great conman.
✅She is a great con artist.
💡'conman' specifies a male; use 'con artist' or 'fraudster' for a woman or when the gender is unknown.
❌The conman robbed her with a knife.
✅The robber threatened her with a knife.
💡'conman' implies trickery, not violent theft; use 'robber' or 'mugger' for armed crime.