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Someone who conducts a confidence game: who defrauds someone after winning his trust.
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confidence trickster — noun • • • Main Entry: ↑confide * * * confidence trickster UK US noun [countable] [singular confidence trickster plural confidence tricksters … Useful english dictionary
confidence trickster — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms confidence trickster : singular confidence trickster plural confidence tricksters a criminal who plays confidence tricks on people … English dictionary
confidence trick — confidence .trick n a dishonest trick played on someone in order to get their money = ↑con >confidence trickster n … Dictionary of contemporary English
trickster — trick|ster [ˈtrıkstə US ər] n someone who deceives or cheats people confidence trickster BrE ▪ a slick, fast talking confidence trickster … Dictionary of contemporary English
trickster — noun (C) someone who deceives or cheats people: confidence trickster: a slick, fast talking confidence trickster tricky / trIki/ adjective 1 a tricky job is difficult to do because it is complicated and needs great care: Finding the electrical… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
confidence trick — /ˈkɒnfədəns trɪk/ (say konfuhduhns trik) noun a swindle in which the victim s confidence is gained in order to induce them to part with money or property. Also, US, confidence game. –confidence trickster, noun …
confidence man — noun Someone who conducts a confidence game: who defrauds someone after winning his trust. Syn: confidence trickster, con man … Wiktionary
confidence trick — (N. Amer. also confidence game) noun an act of cheating or tricking someone by persuading them to believe something that is not true. Derivatives confidence trickster noun … English new terms dictionary
confidence man — noun dated a confidence trickster … English new terms dictionary
confidence trick — noun (C) formal a dishonest trick played on someone in order to get their money; con 2 (1) confidence trickster noun (C) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
