confidence game

Noun
  1. A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (synset 100780744)
    is a type of: cheat, rig, swindle - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
    subtypes: sting operation - a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)
    same as: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, sting

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