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confidence trick
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confidence trick US and Canadian, confidence game
n
a swindle involving money, goods, etc., in which the victim's trust is won by the swindler Informal shortened forms con trick (US and Canadian) con game
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Noun1.confidence trick - a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
sting operation - a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)
swindle, cheat, rig - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
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confidence trick ntruffa
confidence trick ntruffa


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