1. (n.)confidence game a swindle in which the swindler, after gaining the victim's confidence, robs the victim by cheating at a gambling game, appropriating funds entrusted for investment, or the like. Also called, Brit.,confidence trick.
Etymology: (1855–60, Amer.)
Definition of 'confidence game'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Definitions of confidence game 
