Con and Decoy

Con

Con noun - A person convicted as a criminal and serving a prison sentence.

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Decoy and con are semantically related In some cases you can use "Decoy" instead the word "Con" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Word: cony

Decoy noun - Something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed.

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Con and decoy are semantically related in bait topic. Sometimes you can use "Con" instead the word "Decoy" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: decoyed, decoying

human	human con	human decoy
short	short con	short decoy
perfect	perfect con	perfect decoy
single	single con	single decoy
Other adjectives: obvious, blatant, actual, real, giant.

con victims

decoy victims

When she grows up, she'll probably become the Decoy Damsel, who uses her beauty to fool people in the same way Little Miss Con Artist uses her cuteness.

Source: Little Miss Con Artist
In a fourth season episode, the team causes a corrupt cash for gold business to be arrested for insurance fraud after using a drill that the business owners bought as part of a decoy con to be used against them in a heist of their gold.

Source: Insurance Fraud

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