prop game
/ˈprɒp ɡeɪm/Criminals' slang (now rare )
noun
The practice of defrauding householders into paying exorbitant prices for unnecessary house repairs.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in Evening Echo (Bournemouth). From prop shortened from property + game.
- moorburn
- moor-burning
- moorcock
- Moorcroft
- Moore, Alfred
- Moore, Bobby
- Moore, Clement
- Moore, Dudley
- Moore, Francis
- Moore, G. E.
- Moore, George
- Moore, Henry
- mooreite
- Moore, Marianne
- Moore, Mary Tyler
- Moore's Almanac
- Moore, Sir John
- Moore's law
- Mooress
- Moore, Thomas
- moor-evil
- moorfowl
- moor game
- moorghi
- moor grass