confidence trick

US and Canadian confidence game


noun
  1. 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

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How to use confidence trick in a sentence

  • Any number of sharpers who tried the confidence trick, but tried it in vain.

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