confidence-trick

noun

any swindle in which the swindler, after gaining the confidence of the victim, robs the victim by cheating at a gambling game, appropriating funds entrusted for investment, or the like.

Also called, British, confidence trick.

Origin:
1855–60, Americanism

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confidence trick or (US and Canadian) confidence game

—n
	con trick, Informal shortened forms: con game a swindle involving money, goods, etc, in which the victim's trust is won by the swindler

confidence game or (US and Canadian) confidence game

—n

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