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sting operation

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  • noun a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)

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hypernyms (12)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. bunco
  2. bunco game
  3. bunko
  4. bunko game
  5. con
  6. con game
  7. confidence game
  8. confidence trick
  9. flimflam
  10. gyp
  11. hustle
  12. sting

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