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Definition of Confidence trick
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 trick
1. Noun. A method of cheating somebody by winning their confidence and inducing them to hand over money (or other valuables). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Confidence Trick
Literary usage of Confidence trick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Secrets of the Prison-house: Or, Gaol Studies and Sketches by Arthur Griffiths (1894)
"A YANKEE confidence trick MAN. "Or we can try this. Go to a tourist agency office,
say, at Nice or Marseilles; say to the head clerk or manager, ..."
2. The Emigrant: The Life, Experience and Humorous Adventures of A. Jager by A. Jager (1908)
"SAILOR POLITICIANS, AND THE COOK'S TARN ABOUT A confidence trick. Flatfoot and
our boatswain were both keen politicians, with opposite views, ..."
3. Outing (1893)
"I promise you he would quicker than anybody resent the charge of "a confidence
trick " made against his friends. YACHTING. IF Lord Dunraven determines to ..."
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