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Meaning of "conned" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONNED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONNED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Conned is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb conned in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CONNED

PRESENT

Present
I conn
you conn
he/she/it conns
we conn
you conn
they conn
Present continuous
I am conning
you are conning
he/she/it is conning
we are conning
you are conning
they are conning
Present perfect
I have conned
you have conned
he/she/it has conned
we have conned
you have conned
they have conned
Present perfect continuous
I have been conning
you have been conning
he/she/it has been conning
we have been conning
you have been conning
they have been conning
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I conned
you conned
he/she/it conned
we conned
you conned
they conned
Past continuous
I was conning
you were conning
he/she/it was conning
we were conning
you were conning
they were conning
Past perfect
I had conned
you had conned
he/she/it had conned
we had conned
you had conned
they had conned
Past perfect continuous
I had been conning
you had been conning
he/she/it had been conning
we had been conning
you had been conning
they had been conning
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will conn
you will conn
he/she/it will conn
we will conn
you will conn
they will conn
Future continuous
I will be conning
you will be conning
he/she/it will be conning
we will be conning
you will be conning
they will be conning
Future perfect
I will have conned
you will have conned
he/she/it will have conned
we will have conned
you will have conned
they will have conned
Future perfect continuous
I will have been conning
you will have been conning
he/she/it will have been conning
we will have been conning
you will have been conning
they will have been conning
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would conned
you would conned
he/she/it would conned
we would conned
you would conned
they would conned
Conditional continuous
I would be conning
you would be conning
he/she/it would be conning
we would be conning
you would be conning
they would be conning
Conditional perfect
I would have conned
you would have conned
he/she/it would have conned
we would have conned
you would have conned
they would have conned
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been conning
you would have been conning
he/she/it would have been conning
we would have been conning
you would have been conning
they would have been conning
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you conn
we let´s conn
you conn
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to conn
Past participle
conned
Present Participle
conning
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONNED

connecting
connecting flight
connecting rod
connection
connection charge
connection fee
connectional
connectionism
connections
connective
connective tissue
connectively
connectivity
connector
Connell
Connemara
Connery
connexion
connexional
connexive

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONNED

banned
canned
carillonned
donned
grinned
manned
penned
personned
pinned
planned
scanned
skinned
spanned
stunned
tanned
tinned
unmanned
unpinned
unplanned
wonned

Synonyms and antonyms of conned in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONNED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «conned» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of conned

Translation of «conned» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONNED

Find out the translation of conned to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of conned from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «conned» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

精读
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

estafado
570 millions of speakers

English

conned
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

conned
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مخدوع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

надули
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

enganados
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

conned
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

escroqué
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ditipu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

betrogen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

だまさ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고자질
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Disambung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lừa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

conned
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शेंगदाणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dolandırdı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

conned
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oszukali
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

надули
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

păcălit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξαπατηθεί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ingeloop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

conned
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lurt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of conned

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONNED»

The term «conned» is regularly used and occupies the 72.828 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONNED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «conned» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «conned» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about conned

EXAMPLES

5 QUOTES WITH «CONNED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word conned.
1
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Who can I trust? You have to invest in somebody and chances are you're probably going to invest in somebody who's going to deceive you. I've been conned a couple of times, but now I'm a little more savvy.
2
Robert D. Hare
All the reading in the world cannot immunize you from the devastating effects of psychopaths. Everyone, including the experts, can be taken in, conned, and left bewildered by them. A good psychopath can play a concerto on anyone's heart strings.
3
Tom Peters
Stop being conned by the old mantra that says, 'Leaders are cool, managers are dweebs.' Instead, follow the Peters Principle: Leaders are cool. Managers are cool too!
4
Lucy Punch
I won't eat offal. Once, I was in London at the Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, which is this really fancy eating establishment and hotel, and I almost got conned into eating testicles. It was one of the most delicious meals I've ever eaten, about twelve courses. That was one of the courses.
5
Guy Ritchie
We can all be conned but at what point do we realize that we're being conned and to what point do we allow ourselves to be conned?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONNED»

Discover the use of conned in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to conned and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Conned Again, Watson!: Cautionary Tales of Logic, Math, and ...
Presents stories in which Sherlock Holmes uses his understanding of probability, statistics, decision theory, and game theory to solve crimes and champion the innocent, rather than common sense alone. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.
Colin Bruce, 2001
2
You've Been Conned: Defying Depression by the Grace of God
By understanding the lies the King of Cons tells you, you will be better able to grasp the hope of the Savior and fight your way from the lies with which You've Been Conned.
Angela K. Serocki, 2009
3
Rosie O!: How She Conned America
Reveals what's really behind the transformation of Rosie, from the sweet, all-American mom beloved by middle America, to the crusading, tough-talking lesbian that she's become.
Jim Nelson, Susan Trew, Nicholas Maier, 2003
4
Neo-conned!: just war principles : a condemnation of war in Iraq
Refuting the myth that America's socially conservative thinkers, journalists, and commentators tend to support the war in Iraq, this text incorporates the opinions of some of the leading figures in America's conservative movement on why the ...
D. L. O'Huallachain, J. Forrest Sharpe, 2005
5
Easy Prey: Don't Be Conned, Too
This harrowing tale is based on true events of a brave woman who encountered a near death experience at the hands of her con man husband.
Leah Evans, 2009
6
Conned: How Millions Went to Prison, Lost the Vote, and ...
A critical analysis of the consequences of felony disenfranchisement laws that prohibit people in prison or on parole from voting cites the laws' origins in the post-Civil War segregationist South, in an account by an award-winning ...
Sasha Abramsky, 2006
7
Dot. Bomb Australia: How We Wrangled, Conned and ...
The inside story of the internet boom and bust, of the business deals which made headlines, and the colourful cast of characters behind them.
Kate Askew, 2011
8
The Law of Universal Mendacity: And Don't Be Conned
The book is a reaction to contemporary trends.
Bo De Yang, 2004
9
Conned: Scams, Frauds and Swindles
A racy, highly entertaining history of cons and conmen. To the many people who've been the subject of a con, this book will be of personal interest: even if you haven't, there's still a fascination in how it has happened to other.
James Morton, Hilary Bateson, 2009
10
Risky business: protect your business from being stalked, ...
Describes how to detect cybercrime and protect businesses against such problems as impersonation, fraud, stalking, breaches of security, and copyright infringement
Daniel S. Janal, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONNED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term conned is used in the context of the following news items.
1
FATAL CONNECTION: The day Najib got CONNED by an 'Arab …
Anyway that unta fellow conned us of RM600 million. The money has never been recovered. That unta fellow cabut. The camel stole our money ... «Malaysia Chronicle, Jul 15»
2
Woman conned out of thousands
THE Welkom police are searching for a suspect caught on a closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera. He is wanted for allegedly defrauding a ... «News24, Jul 15»
3
College student conned RM20,000 by escort syndicate
KUALA LUMPUR: Instead of earning extra money to pay for his college fees, a 21-year-old student ended up being RM20,000 poorer when he ... «The Sun Daily, Jul 15»
4
Judge tells rogue roofers who conned elderly out of over £20k: 'You …
They and a third man, “apprentice” Craig Hammond, 31, conned the final victim who was in such chronic ill health she needed morphine to get ... «Gazette Live, Jul 15»
5
Eijaz Khan gears up to get conned!
In the segment, I allow myself to be conned so that the audience can understand the different ways in which they can get deceived." «Times of India, Jul 15»
6
Former Premier League footballers among dozens of Brits 'conned
Former Premier League footballers are among scores of British investors who lost millions of pounds in life savings to a 'shyster' developer in ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
7
Coronation Street fan claims she was conned after paying David …
A fan who paid David Gest £1,250 for a lunch with Coronation Street stars claims she has been conned. Maggie Allen, 53, attended a charity ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
8
Don't be conned | Letter
The dozen (at last count!) Republican presidential candidates seem to be fighting for parts in an updated version of "Twelve Angry Men," the ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
9
Woman Conned of Rs 1.5 Lakh by Beggar
VISAKHAPATNAM:A fashion designer's kindness to offer alms to a beggar cost her Rs 1.5 lakh near a Xerox shop at the flyover junction at ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
10
Boston pensioner warns others of PPI scam after being conned out …
A Boston pensioner is warning others to be aware of PPI telephone scams after being conned out of £5,000. The 73-year-old, who did not wish ... «Lincolnshire Echo, Jul 15»

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