Con and Prisoner

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Con

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

Usage example: was uneasy with the fact that an ex-con was living next door

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Prisoner is a synonym for con. In some cases you can use "Prisoner" instead a noun "Con".

Nearby Word: cony

Prisoner

Prisoner noun - One that has been taken and held in confinement.

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Con is a synonym for prisoner in jailbird topic. You can use "Con" instead a noun "Prisoner", if it concerns topics such as convict, person jailed for crime. informal substitute

Nearby Words: prison, prisoned, prisoning

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How words are described

fellow	fellow con	fellow prisoner
human	human con	human prisoner
old	old con	old prisoner
female	female con	female prisoner
Other adjectives: original, fake, single, real, big, dangerous, hapless, titular, next, last.

Both words in one sentence

The con man convinces the mark that he serves a dethroned princess who is being held prisoner in, say, Spain.

Source: Spanish Prisoner
David Mamet's The Spanish Prisoner includes a detailed explanation of this con, the purpose of which exposition is to disguise the fact that it is not the con being performed.

Source: Spanish Prisoner
Spanish Prisoner: The film includes a detailed explanation of this con, the purpose of which exposition is to disguise the fact that it is not the con being performed.

Source: Film / The Spanish Prisoner

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