Sting Operation (Noun)

Meaning ¹

A complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals).

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Hypernyms

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

Meaning ²

Operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act; "the police conducted a sting operation".

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Synonyms

• Sting

Hypernyms

• Operation