confidence man
a person who swindles others by means of a confidence game; swindler.
Origin of confidence man
1- Also Informal, con man, con·man [kon-man] /ˈkɒnˌmæn/ .
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How to use confidence man in a sentence
He is a kind of confidence man, preying on people’s vanity, ignorance, or loneliness, gaining their trust and betraying them without remorse.
Janet Malcolm, elegant and incisive writer for the New Yorker, dies at 86 | Harrison Smith | June 17, 2021 | Washington PostThat we know Earp not as a confidence man but as a duty-bound law officer was his most enduring and successful confidence game.
The Wyatt Earp Myth: America’s Most Famous Vigilante Wasn’t | Andrew C. Isenberg | July 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHis hard lines and angles project the arrogance of a confidence man, or as Arlyn Imberman puts it, “a steamroller.”
But this only exasperated the old man the more, and he made a lunge at the confidence man's throat.
Gallegher and Other Stories | Richard Harding DavisIt was a new version of an old swindle and to every self-respecting confidence man was well known as the "sick engineer" game.
Once Upon A Time | Richard Harding Davis
No, certainly, he was not a confidence man—even if he was, I would rather welcome the adventure.
The Holladay Case | Burton E. StevensonWhen he had finished he lighted a long black cigar from a box that had been sent him by a world famous confidence man.
Little Lost Sister | Virginia BrooksThe confidence-man—for Tom had fully decided that such he was—seemed disappointed.
Left End Edwards | Ralph Henry Barbour
British Dictionary definitions for confidence man
another name for con man
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