Con and Theft

Con

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

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

Nearby Word: cony

Theft noun - The unlawful taking and carrying away of property without the consent of its owner.

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Con and theft are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Con" instead a noun "Theft".

old	old con	old theft
good	good con	good theft
perfect	perfect con	perfect theft
original	original con	original theft
Other adjectives: single, actual, entire, real, successful, massive, big, little, outright, last, latest, previous, small-time.

A reputation for being easy to con or being unwilling to punish theft could make him easy prey for another criminal.

Source: Sunk Cost Fallacy
Nicolae of Gaia Online tends to do whatever gives him the most benefit at the moment, be it con artistry, theft, assisting players in zOMG!

Source: HeelFace Revolving Door
The Spanish Prisoner: Everything that's gone on has been a giant con to steal a multimillion-dollar process and pin the theft on the protagonist.

Source: Massive Multiplayer Scam

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