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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A swindle in which the victim is defrauded after his or her confidence has been won.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A swindle in which the mark, or victim, is defrauded after his or her trust has been won.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. any swindling operation in which advantage is taken of the confidence reposed by the victim in the swindler; several swindlers often work together to create the illusion of truth; -- also called con game.
  2. n. See under Confidence.

WordNet 3.0

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

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  1. deception
  1. con game
  1. grift

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  1. cheat
  1. rig
  1. swindle

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  1. sting operation

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  1. sting operation
  2. con
  1. bunko
  2. skin-game
  1. con game
  2. confidence game
  1. grift
  2. confidence man
  1. bunco
  2. capper
  1. mooch
  2. sting
  1. sucker

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