conned
Meaning of conned in English
(Definition of conned from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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conned
Too often housewives are fed up and feel conned, and this explanation is no longer acceptable to them.
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The housewife, who can be taken in and "conned" by a slick double-glazing salesman, is not likely to question a uniformed guard.
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They created the atmosphere that gave rise to people, such as the 25,000 miners, being conned out of their occupational schemes.
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The consumer can be conned by counterfeiting in all circumstances very easily but it is always a menace.
Young people can be conned by all the glamour, and we must start doing something to stop that.
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Are they saying that their constituents are easily conned and do not understand that we are dealing with a very difficult issue?
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It is not just those 4.4 million people who have been conned by the new 10p rate.
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I do not think that people will be conned into doing anything that they do not fully understand.
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The position simply is that the back benches are being "conned"about prices, and they will go on being"conned".
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Do not let us be conned into thinking that the economics of this proposition are unreasonable.
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Many people are conned into buying insurance that they do not need.
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It is all very unfortunate and those who have been conned in this way will be badly hurt by the experience.
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While we are discussing people being conned and empty vessels, will he tell us his party's policy for funding higher education?
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The public were conned into complying with a regulation that had not been made.
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There is absolutely no question of people being in any way conned.
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