| 单词 | con game |
| 例句 | In the spirit of their shipboard con game, they continued to spin out false histories for themselves, inventing brothers and sisters with plausible names, cousins with moral shortcomings, in-laws with facial tics. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z If this is done knowingly and with intent to defraud, this is an illegal con game. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I get to a serious application, I’d like to mention another con game which works because of confusion about conditional probability. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The movies are an industry, a con game with a half-guilty conscience. What I Learned About Democracy From the Movies 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z But if you want to be a respected writer, maybe you could be a little more forthcoming before using a potential suitor in a con game? A look at how Hollywood depicts female journalists. (Hint: It’s not always positive.) 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z These movies ask: To what extent is love a con game? Perspective | ‘Working Girl,’ and why we love the impostor rom-com 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z The other victims of the college con game are the students who legitimately are there for an education. The college admissions con game has many victims: "The level of accommodation is obscene" 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z One of the film’s conceits is that the actions of Mr. Morano and his colleagues can be con games and magic tricks. Review: ‘Merchants of Doubt,’ Separating Science From Spin 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z I mean, it's an interesting con game that we have with the world, because they're still buying the U.S. treasuries and they believe in the dollar. Oliver Stone: Our empire is in decline 2010-09-23T11:01:00Z But that Depression-era drama showed the American dream to be a cynical con game, rigged against the little guy. Hands on a Hardbody: Broadway’s New Pickup 2013-03-27T11:00:17Z And despite a few attempts on the director’s part to distinguish authentic art from his parody of art as a vast con game, the film ends on a profoundly anti-art note. Perspective | Netflix’s ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ is a revenge fantasy against elites — making it perfect for the age of Trump 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Instead we get an extremely neat, generally perky, overly cautious take on a musical that, being about the con game of love and music, needs more danger in the telling. Review: Even With Hugh Jackman, ‘The Music Man’ Goes Flat 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z When they do, Michael hits upon a new con game. Review: ‘A Crooked Somebody’ Finds a Con Man Caught Up in His Own Plan 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Even this apparent digression with its minorly clever point — that writing is a kind of con game — serves as a breathing space, a slight pause before the rush of my final two paragraphs. Review | The greatest prison escape ever? ‘The Confidence Men’ tells a sensational true story. 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z There's no easy way to synopsize the story, which involves a cascade of outrageous con games, prison escapes, impersonations and other felonies and misdemeanors. "I Love You Phillip Morris": Too gay for 2010? 2010-12-02T01:30:00Z Even by the low standards of the con game, Julia Lyons stands out as one of the most diabolical. 21 of the wildest cons in history 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z But the thrills of the con game are always calling Jimmy, and to his detriment, he keeps on answering that phone. “You will pay”: Season 3 of “Better Call Saul” accelerates into the dark 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z But the week-to-week satisfactions of “Leverage” have less to do with social justice than with aesthetic justice, the beautiful machinery of the con games themselves. Television: ‘White Collar,’ ‘Leverage’ and ‘Suits’: TV Criminals 2012-07-06T16:00:00Z And are Nat and Ruth merely pawns in his tawdry con game? ‘Mr. Splitfoot’ review: A gothic tale in the woods of New York 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Great acting is a con game, of the highest order, and it’s a pleasure to be Moore’s mark. ‘Sharper’ review: Nobody is what they seem in this actor’s paradise of a caper 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Don't misunderstand me, I do understand the need by some to point out the unending con game being run by certain members of the Republican Party. Nuclear doomsday could be coming — if political doomsday doesn't get here first 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z It will do nothing to address the cultural force of American neofascism, which is certain to outlast Donald Trump and his con games. Trump's trading cards are stupid: Ha ha. But who gets the last laugh? 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Common sense tells you that’s a hypocritical con game, but the fake populists run that play over and over because they assume the people are too dumb to catch on. Opinion | Rubio’s fake populism is no match for real history 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Durant was a con game presented by the front office — even if they were conning themselves. LOVERRO: Horford’s success with Celtics reminds fans of Wizards’ failures 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Her worst obstacle is the skepticism of her new neighbors, who fear she’s running a con game, but this allows Belorusets one of her best wisecracks. Review | Ukrainian author Yevgenia Belorusets presents a portrait of a traumatized community 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The only ones to suffer here might be the institutions of higher learning themselves, many of which are running a con game for their own financial benefit. Opinion | College education is not necessary for most jobs 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z "Affinity fraud permeates all con games. It just makes it so much easier for the con artist." When Jesus is used to steal from his flock 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Labour has accused the chancellor of running a "con game", adding that voters were tired of "jam tomorrow" promises. Budget 2021: There has been a shift in Tory philosophy - minister 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z "Republican voters understand perfectly that Trump's lies are part of a con game — and they imagine they're in on the con," Marcotte wrote. Trump the fascist artist: How the MAGA crowd is motivated by aesthetics, not ideas 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z Republican voters understand perfectly that Trump's lies are part of a con game — and they imagine they're in on the con. Don't be fooled: Trump's conspiracy theories won't discourage Georgia Republicans 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z “This whole concept of buying credits is a con game, as far as I’m concerned. I don’t think it’s good public policy, and it’s not going to change the world,” said GOP Sen. Frank Ruff. Virginia moves toward joining cap-and-trade program 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Malignant elitists selling socialism as a cure for malignant elitism has got to be the most successful con game in the 20th and now 21st centuries. Bernie Sanders’ embrace of Castro and socialism 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z “It is a con game by the Dems to help with the Election!” he said. Trump says he’s too busy to ‘waste time’ on impeachment 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z A hotel bellhop and his girlfriend work con games, then are conned by a con man themselves. Movies on TV this week: 'Giant' on TCM 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z What the ordinary person might interpret as a con game or sheer lunacy, the heavily credentialed investor, with his TED Talk understanding of things, will reliably regard as brilliant eccentricity. Was WeWork Ever Going to Work? 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z They have to ask themselves why they are so eager for a messiah figure that they fall for easy con games and end up smoothing the way for brutal tyrants. Column: Jeffrey Epstein's so-called 'charisma' was a fairytale we tell ourselves about powerful men 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z “I recognize the con game that is going on.” CNN widely criticized for giving air time to white supremacist Richard Spencer 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z He wrote that House Republicans should “not show ‘weakness’” by agreeing to a resolution he labeled “a Democrat con game.” House vote condemns Trump’s tweets, draws some GOP support 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z He wrote that House Republicans should “not show ‘weakness'” by agreeing to a resolution he labeled “a Democrat con game.” House vote condemns Trump’s tweets, draws some GOP support 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z The president raged on Twitter against the resolution, calling it a “con game.” Split House votes to condemn Trump’s comments as racist 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z “I don’t have a Racist bone in my body! The so-called vote to be taken is a Democrat con game. Republicans should not show ‘weakness’ and fall into their trap.” Trump is eager to draw Democrats into fight over his racist tweets 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z “The so-called vote to be taken is a Democratic con game,” Trump said, warning that “Republicans should not show ‘weakness’ and fall into their trap.” GOP leaders dismiss Dem outcry over Trump tweets as ‘all about politics,’ impeachment 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z The president said a scheduled House vote on a resolution condemning his rhetoric is “a con game.” White House calls Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s group ‘the squad that hasn’t done squat’ 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z The so-called vote to be taken is a Democrat con game. I am not a racist, insists Trump 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z He called Tuesday’s expected vote on the resolution a “Democrat con game” and said Republicans “should not show ‘weakness’ and fall into their trap.” The Latest: Trump defends tweets about 4 Dem women of color 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump said this resolution is a part of the “Democrat con game.” My ‘Tweets were NOT Racist’, Trump says; Dems are running a ‘con game’ 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z He’s a gem and he’s being treated unfairly by the Democrats who are playing a con game. The women warriors of MSNBC 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z That’s less mendacious, I believe, than the elaborate con game Republican elites ran on their voters for decades, until it finally blew up in their faces. Do Democrats want a woman in 2020? No idea — but your Twitter feed doesn't know either 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z These two people are recklessly messing with the world as if it's just another con game, in which they'll take their profits before moving on to the next chapter of their spoiled, mindless lives. Jared and Ivanka: Moderates? Forget it. These vacuous looters epitomize the Trump presidency 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z The controversial actress then went on a rant about socialism, calling it a “Ponzi scheme and a con game.” Roseanne Barr calls Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a ‘Farrakhan loving…bug-eyed b---h’ 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z He introduced his new attorney general, disparaged the Democrats’ “con game,” criticized retired House speaker Paul Ryan, invoked campaign promises, recited the “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan and pronounced his reelection prospects excellent. Opinion | This Trump performance is why people talk about the 25th Amendment 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z “Does your client believe it’s a con game by the Democrats?” The women warriors of MSNBC 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z In any case, American education, as Shell describes it, is something of a con game that’s oriented too much toward the needs of employers. Review | What ails the American workplace — and a few ideas on how to fix it 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z All of these con games, notes District Attorney Sharen Wilson, ruthlessly prey upon older citizens’ trusting nature and their desires to be in good standing with the government and to help those in need. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z While the steak dinner pitch might not be a con game, it is a bit of a psychological dance. We Went to a Steak Dinner Annuity Pitch. The Salesman Wasn’t Pleased. 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Until now, the Republican strategy has been to defend Judge Kavanaugh and accuse Democrats of a “con game,” as Mr. Trump has put it, for exploiting Dr. Blasey for partisan gain. In Risky Shift, Trump and G.O.P. Directly Assail Kavanaugh’s Accuser 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z “He’s outstanding. He’s a gem. He’s an absolute gem, and he’s been treated very unfairly by the Democrats, who are playing a con game.” Trump forcefully dismisses sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump called the claims a “con game” by Democrats who were “trying to delay and obstruct his confirmation.” Julie Swetnick Is Third Woman to Accuse Brett Kavanaugh of Sexual Misconduct 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Trump said the accuser was “totally inebriated and all messed up” and accused Democrats of playing “a con game.” Mika slams Trump’s defense of Brett Kavanaugh: “What he said about the accuser is simply disg... 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z The president also described Kavanaugh as "an absolute gem"who had been treated "very unfairly by the Democrats, who are playing a con game." Trump set to speak on Kavanaugh, UN General Assembly at press conference 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Trump, who himself faced allegations of sexual misconduct during the 2016 presidential campaign, again accused Democrats of “a con game” and praised how Republicans have handled Ford’s allegation. Trump high court nominee denies new allegation as hearing looms 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, he again accused Democrats of “a con game” and praised how Republicans have handled Ford’s allegation. Accuser of Trump's court pick offers statements to back accusation 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Republican Trump, who also has been accused of sexual misconduct, intensified his defense of Kavanaugh on Tuesday and called the allegations “a con game being played by the Democrats.” Kavanaugh's accuser offers statements to back accusation: documents 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Republican President Donald Trump, who has also been accused of sexual misconduct, escalated his rhetoric against both of Kavanaugh’s accusers on Tuesday and called the allegations “a con game being played by the Democrats.” Kavanaugh's accuser offers four people to back accusation: documents 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z In a brief Q&A with reporters, the president gave a long, meandering answer about Ramirez’s claim, dismissing her allegation as part of a Democratic “con game.” GOP responses to Kavanaugh's second accuser come up far short 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Trump accused Democrats of running a “con game” to try to stop the nomination. 'I understand why women keep silent': Padma Lakshmi speaks out about her rape at 16 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Dismissing Ramirez’s account because she was “totally inebriated and all messed up,” Trump also accused Democrats of playing a “con game” in an attempt to derail his Supreme Court choice. Trump attacks second Kavanaugh accuser, saying she ‘has nothing’ and was ‘totally inebriated’ 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z “They’re playing a con game,” he continued, “and they play it very well. They play it actually much better than the Republicans.” Trump Unleashes on Kavanaugh Accuser as Key Republican Wavers 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Supreme Court in a divided Senate, on Tuesday called sexual misconduct allegations against the judge “a con game being played by the Democrats.” Trump calls allegations against his high court nominee a 'con game' 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z He later claimed, "This is a con game being played by the Democrats." Democrats worry Michael Avenatti’s antics hurt their case against Brett Kavanaugh: report 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z In addition to downplaying the accusations against Kavanaugh, Trump on Tuesday also accused Democrats of playing a "con game" in Kavanaugh's confirmation process. Trump dismisses fresh sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh: “She admits she was drun... 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Defending Kavanaugh as "a high-quality person" and “so truthful,” Trump claimed the allegations against him are part of what he called a Democrats’ "con game." Trump blasts Democrats for 'con game' against Kavanaugh and dismisses second accuser - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Senate, on Tuesday called sexual misconduct allegations against the judge “a con game being played by the Democrats.” Trump calls allegations against his court nominee a 'con game' 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z If he had not been elected, he would still be getting away with his low-life con games....is it a good or bad thing that he was elected? Raid on Trump’s Lawyer Sought Records on ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z American education is a con game, too, only the hustle isn’t to lure marks with playing cards and nutshells. Washington D.C.’s education con game 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z It’s been a con game since Nixon decoupled the dollar from gold. Republican Tax Bill in Final Sprint Across Finish Line 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z “They are playing a con game, and they are playing it very well, much better than Republicans,” Trump continued. Trump blasts Democrats for 'con game' against Kavanaugh and dismisses second accuser - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z “Oh, gee, let’s not make him a Supreme Court judge because of that? This is a con game being played by the Democrats,” Trump added. Trump calls allegations against his court nominee a 'con game' 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Barber thinks of the sell-by date on goods as “kind of a con game,” he said. The Novel Taste of Old Food 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Even if it’s a developer’s con game, the uncertainty can’t be helping. Washington trade still caught in slipstream of world slowdown 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z The Nobel laureate’s writing is also full of financial themes, including get-rich-quick schemes and con games. Oh, Mr. Faulkner, do you spend? Money is conference topic 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Nor do we understand how people keep falling for the con game that every card is somehow bigger than the last one. Column: Don’t believe the hype about these sporting events 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z That con game alone tells us who our new president really is: an incorrigible swindler. Yes, America, you can resist the brutishness of the reign of Trump — when progressives truly unite 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, director of civil society initiatives at the Institute for American Values, has suggested that such titillation is just part of the casino con game. The devil in my casino 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z It also found an increase in credit card fraud, identity theft and “con games” is possibly related to the casino’s presence. Study: No significant link between casino and crime uptick 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Like other dealers, he would even let a bystander “win” game to show that it was “fair” — of course, said bystander was one of his partners, an essential element in the con game. Donald Trump’s diversity hustle: His “best black friend” and a few women can’t conceal his true agenda 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z “The public is smart. They know it’s a con game. I remember when I was originally nominated, everybody thought that ‘The Apprentice’ was going to win. Donald Trump’s long feud with the Emmys: ‘The public is smart. They know it’s a con game.’ 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z The Emmys were “a con game” and “an irrelevant show,” he added. Trump and the ‘Rigged’ Emmy Awards: A History of Snubs 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z The messages try to thwart a longtime con game in which scammers sell homes they don’t actually own to unsuspecting buyers. Monopoly Tournament in Nigeria Mirrors Chaos of the Real-Life Property Market 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z “The victims of most con games are people who are the most vulnerable,” Mr. Donovan said. How Staten Island’s Drug Problem Made It a Target for Poaching Patients 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z And unless black and white working-class people come together and stop falling for these political con games, that nightmare will continue. Some see a nightmare with a Trump loss, but they may be looking at the wrong boogeyman 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Michael Graziano, a neuroscientist at Princeton University, suggested to the audience that consciousness is a kind of con game the brain plays with itself. Consciousness: The Mind Messing With the Mind 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z He also compared prosecutors' case to three-card monte, a con game in which a card is hidden from a bettor. Closing arguments wrap up in Baltimore cop's trial over Freddie Gray death 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Think of it as the Department of Defense’s version of the street con game, three-card monte, or maybe simply as the Pentagon shuffle. The Pentagon’s dark money: Billions of federal dollars are vanishing into thin air 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z But the Monkees felt wrath from some quarters of the rock music world that treated the whole enterprise as some sort of con game, a subterfuge that undermined notions of musical integrity. The Monkees celebrate 50th anniversary by teaming with modern pop luminaries for a new album 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z This the same con game he plays on all of his fans. Donald Trump, American Preacher 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z The idea that we shouldn't socialize men so that women can be "protected" from men who are not socialized isn't even an argument, it is a a con game of the worst sort. Teaching Men to Be Emotionally Honest 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z For decades, party leaders ran a con game with their party’s working-class supporters. New Hampshire voters bite back at the elites 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z We have been the victims of con games for so long that we are losing faith in everything. Stock Market Ends Sharply Lower as Worries About Economy Surface 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Rachel Dolezal’s racial malleability is central to understanding her long con game. What we can’t afford to forget about Rachel Dolezal: A master class in white victimology 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Recently, Salon spoke with Perlstein over the phone about his article, Huckabee’s faux pas, and the connections between a con game and the conservative movement. “Apocalypse is right around the corner”: Rick Perlstein unloads on Mike Huckabee-style conservatives 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Except that when a mark discovers he’s being played, the con game is usually called off. Initiative to revitalize Barry Farm is little more than an urban dispersal plan Yesterday, I wrote about the resurgence of the Abramoff con game down in Alabama. Wingnut scams the troops: How Tea Party quack uses fake charities to get rich 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Not surprisingly, she is thrilled by The Management Myth, which adopts the same line of attack: management is a con game. The New Yorker's Epic Fail On Innovation 2013-05-19T20:39:04Z Just another deceiver among many, pointing his finger at others and hoping to outshout them in his con game. Where the Pope Will Live After He Steps Down 2013-02-16T05:15:00Z Their accents, when they are speaking as themselves rather than playing various fake roles as part of their con game, wander from Brooklyn to Boston to James Cagney-era celluloid gangster-speak. | Long Island: A Review of ‘Wait Until Dark,’ in Northport 2013-02-02T02:27:19Z It’s your first line of defense in a world full of nonsense, con games, and watered-down snake oil. Tune Up Your BS Detector: 5 Steps to Smarter Decisions 2012-10-29T12:45:10Z Using vibrant, clear examples, Stone reveals that magic is not just shakedowns and con games. MIND Reviews: Fooling Houdini 2012-09-21T11:45:00.170Z The management con game has always been about making money and exploiting the workers. The New Yorker's Epic Fail On Innovation 2013-05-19T20:39:04Z The result, Mr. Dayan said, was a two-way “real-life con game” in which each side played along with the other. Viktor Bout?s Trial on Arms Trafficking Charges Begins 2011-10-13T02:24:11Z That is where the coaching ends and the con game — which Jackson has always had as a cagey outer-borough product — begins. A Broadcaster Turned Coach, Jackson Still Talks the Talk 2011-06-29T17:06:42Z Mr. Schneier said the attacks are more like a traditional con game than a technically sophisticated intrusion. E-Mail Fraud Hides Behind Friendly Face 2011-06-03T01:20:34Z I frequently get mail from folks who think Social Security is just a government-sanctioned Ponzi scheme, a con game in which money from new investors is used to pay earlier investors. The Color of Money: It's unfair to call Social Security a Ponzi scheme 2010-08-29T04:00:00Z That image has since changed with Kerviel's own depiction of having been a believer and volunteer in the global financial con game that has led to crisis. The Great French Bank (Near) Meltdown Goes to Court 2010-06-08T19:00:00Z After the tape summarizing the objective self-destructed, the team would use not violence, but elaborate con games to trap the villains. Peter Graves, ?Mission: Impossible? Star, Dies at 83 2010-03-15T14:45:00Z What kind of a con game is this? The Land of Strong Men But bunco games or con games, whatever you call them, aren't a federal offense! The Blue Ghost Mystery Maybe we better—” “I don’t believe a con game is a nice thing, whatever it is,” said Mother. The Innocents A Story for Lovers "And precisely what sort of con game was it?" he asked quietly. Letter of the Law If this was a con game, it was going to have to be a good one to get by Richard Thorn, Ph.D. With No Strings Attached Perhaps he thought it was a carefully worked-out con game, in which our friend was a confederate. Pipefuls It's one of the key factors in a really big con game to make the client think he is getting something for nothing, or maybe even a shade outside the law. The Blue Ghost Mystery Just be all smiles and dimples and give them the sweetest con game welcome imaginable. Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes The Quest of a Summer Vacation According to the December 6, 1952, issue of the Saturday Review, the D.A. had charged the two men with a $50,000 con game. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects His advice was good, and I followed it, prepared, however, if it was a "con game" the shack had given me, to take the blind as the overland pulled out. The Road It's a bluff, a hoax, a con game! The Common Law Don't play that old con game on me! The Fighting Chance If those two wanted to live at the con game, they'd have to practise on the junior kindergarten grades. The Ivory Trail None o' that Christian con game goes around where I am. The Titan |
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