sorry but what is a con artist?

Con Artist is actually not used much either -- you would more commonly say 'con man' or going back a few years, a 'grifter' or 'confidence trickster'. A swindler is a more general term that includes quacks and frauds.

A con man, specifically, is someone who uses trickery. The trickery can include sleight of hand, elaborate set ups, props, shills, etc. The term 'con artist' refers to the fact that it is more of a creative art than simply lying or selling snake oil (which would make the person a swindler, or quack, but not necessarily a con 'artist').

Con artists, essentially, are people who are well-practiced at trickery. They are sometimes celebrated in books and movies (such as "The Sting"), and sometimes not so much(such as in "The Grifters"). A Swindler is essentially the same thing, but has the less complimentary connotation.

The meanings are the same, they just have different connotations.

we also use Swindler and fraudster. theyre similar but not quite the same. The main differnce with a con man/con artist compared to a swindler or fraudster (to paraphrase a movie, The Sting if i remember correctly) is that a con artist can walk out of town. a swindler or fraudster usually runs...

It's gotten really pathetic with some of these people. Every article on any site about any topic and it's ObamaObamaObama. What sad, pointless, empty lives these losers must have...

He really duped them black ppl, didn't he? He basically sed vote 4 me, I'm blk when he only halfie

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