Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

confidence trick

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables
con-fi-dence trick
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A method of cheating somebody by winning their confidence and having them hand over their money (or other valuables).

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

confidence tricks (plural)

Derived Forms

con conman conwoman

Synonyms

bunco bunco game bunko bunko game con confidence game con game hustle sting flimflam

Questions

What does confidence trick mean?
A method of cheating somebody by winning their confidence and having them hand over their money (or other valuables).

How to pronounce confidence trick

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