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con game

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflamnoun

    a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

GCIDE

  1. con gamenoun

    Same as confidence game.

Wiktionary

  1. con gamenoun

    A swindle in which the mark, or victim, is defrauded after his or her trust has been won.

Wikipedia

  1. con game

    A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using their credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, confidence, irresponsibility, and greed. Researchers have defined confidence tricks as "a distinctive species of fraudulent conduct ... intending to further voluntary exchanges that are not mutually beneficial", as they "benefit con operators ('con men') at the expense of their victims (the 'marks')".

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  1. con game

    A con game, also known as a confidence trick or scam, is a deceptive act or operation designed to cheat or defraud a person or group by gaining their trust and then exploiting it, usually to obtain money or valuables dishonestly. This typically involves misleading the victim into believing they will benefit from a certain transaction or situation, when in reality they will suffer a loss.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of con game in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of con game in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of con game in a Sentence

  1. Jack Pitney:

    Every con game has an expiration date.


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