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con trick

British

noun

informal a shortened form of confidence trick

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Awarding the show three stars, the Telegraph's Claire Allfree said the "unstable, performative nature of identity, and its analogous resonance for theatre - the ultimate con trick - are familiar conceits".

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2024

The Simulmatics story is also an early example of using big data as a con trick, making claims it could not back up.

From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2020

The whole thing turned out to be a con trick, though, and – to be honest – the dodginess of the entire enterprise couldn't have been more obvious had it been called Scam & Sap.

From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2011

"The whole thing is a gigantic con trick," complained a burly ex-R.A.F. sergeant named Tom Chambers, who recently returned to London from Angola.

From Time Magazine Archive

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