Noun: confidence game kón-fi-dun(t)s geym
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: confidence trick)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: confidence trick)
- A scheme to defraud by gaining someone's confidence
"The couple fell victim to a confidence game and lost their life savings";
- bunco [N. Amer, informal], bunco game [N. Amer, informal], bunko [N. Amer, informal], bunko game [N. Amer, informal], con [informal], confidence trick [Brit], con game [N. Amer, informal], hustle [informal], sting [informal], flimflam [informal], con trick [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: confidence games
Type of: cheat, fraud, rig [archaic], swindle
Encyclopedia: Confidence game