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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

confidence trick - First a swindle in which the victim was persuaded to entrust money or valuables to the swindler.
See also related terms for swindle.
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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"
Translations
confidence trick ntruffa


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Such scams, known by names such as the '419 fraud' and the 'advance free fraud', are basically confidence tricks triggered by a victim's greed, say police officers.
The Mercury revealed last summer how Cronin tried to romance unsuspecting Midland women, and ripped off pensioners in the region with cruel confidence tricks.
Reports of 'soaring growth'; at 'record high' levels turn out to be confidence tricks on the part of business people, and dependent on a lower rand rate.
 
 
 
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