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Con (Verb)

Deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her";.

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

The scam artist managed to con the elderly woman out of her life savings by posing as her bank manager.
He coned her with false promises of love and eventually ran off with her money.
A group of thieves would often con unsuspecting tourists out of their valuables in the busy city square.
She successfully coned her rival business partner and stole the entire profit for herself.
The notorious trickster was famous for conning wealthy investors with fake company shares and bonds.

Commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?".

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.

She had spent hours trying to con her script, but the lines still felt unfamiliar.
He plans to con the entire speech before presenting it to the board of directors.
It took him days to con the poem, but he was confident he could recite it flawlessly now.
The actor was struggling to con the complex monologue, often getting the words mixed up.
The young student was tasked with learning to con a famous historical speech on short notice.