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confidence man

–noun
a person who swindles others by means of a confidence game; swindler.

Origin:
1840–50, Americanism
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confidence man  
n.  A man who swindles his victims by using a confidence game.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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