Originally British. (In recent use chiefly Australian and New Zealand exc. archaic.) A street swindler, a confidence trickster.
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| 释义 | the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > confidence trickster (16) magsman1822 Originally British. (In recent use chiefly Australian and New Zealand exc. archaic.) A street swindler, a confidence trickster. confidence man1849 confidence trick (game, etc.): a method of professional swindling, in which the victim is induced to hand over money or other valuables as a token… con artist1878 a person who perpetrates a confidence trick or fraud; a con man or swindler; also in extended use. con man1889 = confidence, n. 10. Used attributively in con game, con man, con talk, etc. (Also elliptical). Originally U.S. T.B.1912 tuberculosis; T.B.-tested adj., (of an animal) tested to establish the absence of tuberculosis; also (U.S. slang), a confidence trickster (see quot… payoff man1927 (a) a person responsible for sharing out the proceeds of a fraud, robbery, or other criminal operation, or for making payments to accomplices; (b) a… pay-off1928 Criminals' slang. A person responsible for sharing out the proceeds of a fraud, robbery, or other criminal operation; a confidence trickster; = payo… samfie1929 A swindler or confidence trickster, (originally) esp. one who pretends to have occult powers. Chiefly attributive, esp. in samfie man. Subcategories:— types of (8) |
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