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confidence game

confidence game

 
pronunciation:
kan fih dns geIm
part of speech: noun
definition: any swindle made possible by first gaining the confidence of the victim; con game; con.
He was five hundred dollars poorer after falling prey to his acquaintance's confidence game.
similar words:
fraud, swindle