Con and Villain

Con

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

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

Nearby Word: cony

Villain noun - A mean, evil, or unprincipled person.

Usage example: only a heartless villain would kidnap a baby for ransom

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Con and villain are semantically related in crook topic. Sometimes you can use "Con" instead a noun "Villain". informal substitute

Nearby Words: villainous, villainy

human	human con	human villain
old	old con	old villain
good	good con	good villain
female	female con	female villain
Other adjectives: full, particular, current, original, single, obvious, actual, real, big, dangerous, little, bad, ultimate, major, outright, titular, next, last, different, previous.

The villain of the first season is revealed in Nisemonogatari to be Deishuu Kaiki, one of the five con men briefly mentioned by Hitagi.

Source: Light Novel / Bakemonogatari
It also is utterly hilarious: the team convinces the villain (who is very aware that he's running a con) that one of them is a real psychic.

Source: Phony Psychic
In Dirty Harry it was a liquor store and this was how the villain, an ex-con, was able to get a gun to battle with Dirty Harry.

Source: Two Shots from Behind the Bar

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