Confidence Trick (Noun)
Meaning
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The suspect was arrested for running a confidence trick on unsuspecting tourists, selling them worthless timeshares in a non-existent resort.
- He made a living by running confidence tricks at poker games, using his charisma to distract his opponents while he cheated.
- The scam artist was known for his clever confidence tricks, which had earned him a small fortune before he was finally caught.
- The detective was called in to investigate a string of confidence tricks targeting elderly people in the area.
- The confidence trick artist had a knack for persuading people to invest in his fake business ventures, which always seemed too good to be true.