con game

English

Etymology

Clipping of confidence game.

Noun

con game (plural con games)

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

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:deception

Synonyms

• confidence game
• confidence trick
• grift
• scam

Translations

malicious breach of trust

• Esperanto: friponaĵo
• Finnish: puhallus (fi), höynäytys, luottamuksen hyväksikäyttö; petos (fi) (law)
• French: abus de confiance (fr) m
• German: Trickbetrug m
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• Hebrew: הונאה (he) f (hona'ah)
• Hungarian: csalás (hu), szélhámosság (hu), átverés (hu)
• Spanish: estafa (es) f, engañifa, engañabobos (es)