Con and Refusing

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

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Refusing and con are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Refusing" instead an adjective "Con".

Nearby Word: cony

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Con and refusing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Con" instead an adjective "Refusing".

Nearby Words: refuse, refused, refusal, refuser

Too Dumb to Fool: The terrorists try to con Margaret into refusing an immediate payment on the energy drinks by implying that it would prevent the mother from buying her medication.

Source: Series / The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
When Skyfire "betrays" Starscream by refusing to be a Decepticon, note Fandom tends to make a lot of the fact that Skyfire is a former Decepticon, ignoring the fact that his entire tenure as a 'con lasted maybe half a day, until he realized what the 'cons are actually like.

Source: Even Evil Has Loved Ones
In The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret , a terrorist family tries to con Todd into refusing payment for a large purchase by implying that it won't leave them with enough money for the mother's medication.

Source: Too Dumb to Fool

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Refusing or Con. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/con/refusing.

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