Can you give some example sentences using the word 'con'?

Answer 1

'He said he would con you out of your property' (slang, short for 'confidence', meaning 'swindle').

'I would like you to con your set text over the weekend' (archaic, meaning 'study').

'We made a list of the pros and cons' (from Latin 'contra', meaning 'against').

'My uncle is a con in Durham gaol' (slang, meaning 'prisoner').

'The new recruit was asked to con the ship' (nautical, meaning 'direct the steering of').

Answer 2

Cons is a word that means 'convention' to fans.
We used to attend Windy Con.

Answer 3

As verb, con means to cheat or swindle. Swindlers are sometimes called con-artists.

The man who called, saying that I owed money to the IRS, was trying to con me.