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A prefix meaning with or together. A slang abbreviation for confidence, as in con man or con game. To con someone is to deceive or take advantage of a person through Fraud or trickery after winning the person's confidence. Con is also used as a slang abbreviation for convict, as in ex-con to mean someone previously incarcerated. An abbreviation for contra, which means against. To show the pros and cons of a particular issue means to present arguments or evidence on both sides.

See also: contra, deception, peruse, read
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WHEN THE Wichita-bred filmmaker Bruce Conner moved to San Francisco in 1957, he was stimulated by the bohemian individualism of the Beat scene, by the bustling avant-garde art community, and, above all, by the city's garbage men.
The Great Recycler: the late Bruce Conner made lasting art out of junk by Walker, Jesse / Reason
Originally proposed in the mid-1960s at a time when Conner had completed two dozen or so Ernst-like collages utilizing fragments of nineteenth-century engravings, the show was named so as to cede authorship of the work to the actor Dennis Hopper, a friend of the artist's.
A life in two parts: Bruce Jenkins on Bruce Conner (1933-2008) by Jenkins, Bruce / Artforum International
Gary Conner launched his attack on Leigh Archer after a row over a girl.
Life term for stairs murder; MAN KICKED DOWN STEPS by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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