confidence trick
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confidence trick
orconfidence game
n
a swindle involving money, goods, etc, in which the victim's trust is won by the swindler. Informal shortened forms: con trick or con game (US and Canadian)
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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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Noun | 1. | 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) |
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confidence trick
n → truffaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995