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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Conning"

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Word	Definition
drivingnoun	The action of the verb to drive in any sense.
deceivingnoun	deception
foolingnoun	The act of one who fools; foolish behaviour.
scammingverb	—
cony-catchingnoun	(obsolete) Deception, trickery.
coney-catchingnoun	Alternative form of cony-catching. [(obsolete) Deception, trickery.]
careenagenoun	(nautical) A beach with a steep, sandy shoreline on which a ship may be careened.
cod linenoun	Alternative form of codline. [(nautical) a small line made of eighteen threads, once used for cod fishing, and subsequently in place of rope for delicate work onboard ship]
cockscombnoun	An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having showy red clusters of flowers
combingnoun	The act by which something is combed.
cunny-catchingnoun	Alternative form of cony-catching. [(obsolete) Deception, trickery.]
coseningnoun	Obsolete form of cozening. [fraud; deception; the acts of one who cozens]
condenoun	The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the."
conical buoynoun	(nautical) a buoy in the shape of a cone, normally painted black, and numbered with odd numbers, used to show the starboard side of a channel; the port side is marked with a can buoy
coasternoun	(by extension) A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.
cuntlinenoun	(nautical) Alternative form of contline. [(nautical) The spiral groove between the strands of a rope.]
censenoun	(obsolete) A census.
cipheringnoun	(archaic) A calculation or computation.
covinnoun	(obsolete, law) Fraud, deception.
centreboardnoun	(British spelling, nautical) The adjustable keel on a small yacht or dinghy that acts, among other things, as ballast and to counteract the sideways force of the wind.