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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.

Synonyms

  • Bunko Game
  • Con
  • Confidence Game
  • Con Game
  • Bunco Game
  • Hustle
  • Sting
  • Bunco
  • Bunko
  • Flimflam

Hypernyms

  • Cheat
  • Swindle
  • Rig

Hyponyms

  • Sting Operation
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