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Noun: confidence trick  kón-fi-dun(t)s trik
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: confidence game)
  1. A scheme to defraud by gaining someone's confidence
    "The couple fell victim to a confidence trick 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 game [N. Amer], con game [N. Amer, informal], hustle [informal], sting [informal], flimflam [informal], con trick [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: confidence tricks

Type of: cheat, fraud, rig [archaic], swindle

Encyclopedia: Confidence trick