Con and Gambit

Con

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

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Gambit and con are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gambit" instead a noun "Con".

Nearby Word: cony

Gambit noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Con and gambit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Con" instead a noun "Gambit".

old	old con	old gambit
good	good con	good gambit
elaborate	elaborate con	elaborate gambit
complex	complex con	complex gambit
Other adjectives: perfect, original, fake, obvious, small, entire, real, successful, massive, big, huge, dangerous, little, bad, cruel, major, gigantic, larger, last, latest, giant.

Gambit follows a con by an inept art curator, attempting to convince his employer to buy a forgery of a Monet painting by use of a confederate.

Source: The Con
Gambit Roulette: The last major con relied on some pretty egregious coincidences.

Source: Film / Matchstick Men
This is more than compensated by his considerable skills as a con artist, thief, smooth talker and gambit planner.

Source: Weak, but Skilled

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