con

1)	deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"

Synonyms :

bunco defraud diddle goldbrick gyp mulct nobble rook scam swindle victimize

See Also:

cheat bunco chiseler cozenage cheat exploitation short

2)	commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"

Synonyms :

learn memorise memorize

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

[SF fandom] A science-fiction convention. Not used of other sorts of conventions, such as professional meetings. This term, unlike many others of SF-fan slang, is widely recognised even by hackers who aren't fans. "We'd been corresponding on the net for months, then we met face-to-face at a con."

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