"short con" meaning in English

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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: long con"
        },
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          "ref": "1990, Jim Thompson, Donald E. Westlake, The Grifters, spoken by Roy Dillon (John Cusack):",
          "text": "It's up to me. I'm strictly short con. It's nothing but small time stuff. I can walk away from it anytime I want.",
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        {
          "ref": "2009, Michael Benson, Cons and Frauds, Infobase, →ISBN, page 21:",
          "text": "Another common form of short con is the shell game. This scam has the advantage of giving the criminal the ability to rip off many marks all at one location.",
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        "A scam that can be performed in minutes or seconds, typically aiming to rob the victim of the money or valuables they carry on them."
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          "text": "Coordinate term: long con"
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          "ref": "1990, Jim Thompson, Donald E. Westlake, The Grifters, spoken by Roy Dillon (John Cusack):",
          "text": "It's up to me. I'm strictly short con. It's nothing but small time stuff. I can walk away from it anytime I want.",
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        "A scam that can be performed in minutes or seconds, typically aiming to rob the victim of the money or valuables they carry on them."
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