confidence trick — confidence tricks N COUNT A confidence trick is a trick in which someone deceives you by telling you something that is not true, often to trick you out of money. [mainly BRIT] (in AM, usually use confidence game) … 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
confidence trick — UK US noun [C] UK (US confidence game) ► CON(Cf. ↑con) … Financial and business terms
confidence trick — (N. Amer. also confidence game) ► NOUN ▪ an act of cheating someone by gaining their trust … English terms dictionary
confidence trick — index bunko Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Confidence trick — Con games redirects here. For the film, see Con Games (film). Scam redirects here. For other uses, see Scam (disambiguation). For the short story by John Wyndham, see Jizzle. A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group by… … Wikipedia
confidence trick — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms confidence trick : singular confidence trick plural confidence tricks a trick in which you persuade someone to trust you and then get money from them … English dictionary
Confidence trick (disambiguation) — Confidence trick … Wikipedia
Confidence trick (tv and movies) — Fictional portrayals= Movies and television* The Lady Eve (1941) – directed by Preston Sturges; the main character, Jean Harrington (Barbara Stanwyck), is a con artist.1950s* Racket Squad (1951–1953) – TV series in the style of Dragnet with all… … Wikipedia
Confidence trick (television and movies) — This is a list of fictional portrayals of confidence tricks found in television and the movies. Contents 1 1940s 2 1950s 3 1960s 4 1970s 5 … Wikipedia
