confidence man
con man
con artist

He hadn't expected so savage a move from a confidence man.

Now I see you wasting our money on a confidence man.

He is on his way to becoming a universal confidence man.

And a confidence man by definition had an honest face.

When Clinton speaks, he looks like a confidence man trying to figure out which line to feed you.

Did confidence men ever feel guilty as they took their marks?

Well, they have a standing contract with the department store, so they're in a little better class than your average confidence man.

The confidence man plays up to the old maid farm girl.

He also became a noted confidence man and swindler in his later years.

"That means he might get interested in government and start thinking like a statesman instead of a confidence man," I tell the family.