Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A method of cheating somebody by winning their confidence and inducing them to hand over money (or other valuables).
WordNet 3.0
- n. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘confidence trick’.
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Agatha Christie
Charming and intriguing words one finds in AG's murder mysteries. Also see Murdered, you say?
ambassadress, aperitif, baluster, cause célèbre, crime passionnel, embankment, embonpoint, galantine, mauvais sujet, mephistophelean, mountebank, purloin and 67 more...
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Not Quite The Real Thang
masquerade, sham, counterfeit, shyster, phoney, bogus, pseudo, artificial, fabricated, mock, concocted, false and 158 more...
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St. Trinian's (2007)
Words from a 2007 'St. Trinian's' film.
wreath, lully, insufferable, pikey, ugly betty, posh totty, nitwit, dosser, concoction, teetotal, blight, namby-pamby and 21 more...
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madmouth yep. same-same Jul 1, 2009
seanahan Often referred to as a confidence game, right? Jul 1, 2009