Confidence game Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
    bunko; bunco game; bunko game; sting; flimflam; con game; gyp; bunco; hustle; confidence trick; con.

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  1. any swindling operation in which advantage is taken of the confidence reposed by the victim in the swindler.
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  1. . See under Confidence.

Webster 1913