Noun: con trick
Usage: Brit, informal (N. Amer: confidence trick)
Usage: Brit, informal (N. Amer: confidence trick)
- A scheme to defraud by gaining someone's confidence
"The couple fell victim to a con 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 trick [Brit], confidence game [N. Amer], con game [N. Amer, informal], hustle [informal], sting [informal], flimflam [informal]
Derived forms: con tricks
Type of: cheat, fraud, rig [archaic], swindle
Encyclopedia: Con trick