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Noun: confidence game  kón-fi-dun(t)s geym
  1. A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
    - bunco [N. Amer, informal], bunco game [N. Amer, informal], bunko [N. Amer, informal], bunko game [N. Amer, informal], con [informal], confidence trick, con game [informal], hustle [informal], sting [informal], flimflam [informal]

Derived forms: confidence games

Type of: cheat, fraud, rig, swindle

Encyclopedia: Confidence game

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