Conmen

Deputy mayor Emmanuel Chiroto said the "conmen" who might have links with council employees had gone as far as Hatcliffe, collecting money from desperate vendors. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Fallada's own life was as dangerous and desperate as his characters '– factory workers, party members, snoops, conmen, a retired judge, all residents of 55 Jablonski Strasse, a shabby apartment block where, in their different ways, they're trying to survive the terror of totalitarianism. ❋ Sue Arnold (2010)

After initially reporting on the fraud scheme at the beginning of the summer, ABC headed to Costa Rica to confront conmen involved. ❋ Victoria Fine (2010)

Some are scheming, conniving conmen out for financial enrichment. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But the biggest conmen in modern times may be the West Germany team at the 1990 World Cup, when Jürgen Klinsmann and Rudi Völler took the art of tumbling to new lows. ❋ Jonathan Clegg (2011)

In the end the true theifs and conmen will have alot to answer for. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Slapstick capers as four conmen attempt to blackmail an old rival. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Dutt and Devgan play rival conmen with their eyes on the same prize in this light-hearted Hindi comedy. ❋ Unknown (2011)

How much more info do we need to see these goons are anti-American conmen who use Big Government to rip off the US tax payer and who also despise free speech? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Darren Aronofsky to direct Michael Chabon's Hobgoblin – a HBO show about magicians and conmen teaming up to kill Hitler. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"I'd just rather it wasn't done by liars, druggie ex-bankrupts and conmen." ❋ Lauren A. E. Schuker (2011)

It's a playground for conmen, stalkers and sexual predators, as we are constantly warned. ❋ Unknown (2011)

  This home to the ghosts of idiots and conmen and kohl-eyed prostitutes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Not only do we seem to have lost the talent for footer, we can't even manage to create any top-class conmen any more. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Two men who pleaded guilty to selling fake prints by the graffiti artist Banksy were condemned as "old-fashioned conmen" by a judge today, although they escaped jail with suspended sentences. ❋ Unknown (2010)