confidence trick

Noun

Meaning

a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

con sting hustle bunco bunko flimflam con game confidence game bunco game bunko game dodge wile bluff swindle gammon
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Antonyms

oath accuracy honor integrity purity authenticity
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Hypernyms

swindle rig cheat

Hyponyms

sting operation

Examples

The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion of a universality of female experience is a clever confidence trick. Angela Carter

There is a sense in which all law is nothing more nor less than a gigantic confidence trick. Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone

Being funny, it turns out, is like being a bank. It's a confidence trick. As long as everyone believes in you, you are fine. Evan Davis

Close letter words and terms

confidence of the public confidence operator confidence range confidence trickster confidence vote confidence woman