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Definition of Confidence game
1. Noun. A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
Specialized synonyms: Sting Operation
Generic synonyms: Cheat, Rig, Swindle
Derivative terms: Bunco, Con, Flim-flam, Gyp
Definition of Confidence game
1. Noun. A swindle in which the mark, or victim, is defrauded after his or her trust has been won. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Confidence Game
Literary usage of Confidence game
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1918)
"Upon the question of the sufficiency of an indictment in a confidence game case
which did not set out the elements or acts constituting the crime, ..."
2. History of the Grange Movement: Or, The Farmer's War Against Monopolies by James Dabney McCabe (1874)
"... Road in Operation—What becomes of the Stock—Where the Profit lies—The Crime
of the Bankers—A confidence game—How to stop Wild Cat Railroad Building. ..."
3. Economic and Industrial Delusions: A Discussion of the Case for Protection by Arthur B. Farquhar, Henry Farquhar (1891)
"A confidence game. Are you not convinced that Mr. McKinley's new " farmers'
tariff " and committee report are only a little confidence game—that his party ..."
4. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1916)
"Impersonation; confidence game.—False impersonation was treated as an offense at
common law. Moreover, the obtaining of property thereby has been made a ..."
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