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con [r]

1)	on the negative side; "much was written pro and con"

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pro

con [n]

1)	an argument opposed to a proposal

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2)	a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

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convict gaolbird inmate jailbird

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captive convict lifer

3)	a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

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bunco bunco_game bunko bunko_game con_game confidence_game confidence_trick flimflam gyp hustle sting

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cheat bunco sting_operation

con [v]

1)	deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"

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bunco defraud diddle goldbrick gyp mulct nobble rook scam swindle victimize

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cheat bunco chiseler cozenage cheat exploitation short

2)	commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"

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learn memorise memorize

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hit_the_books committal_to_memory memoriser memory memory memory alternate

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

connection-oriented network service

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