| 单词 | confidence game |
| 释义 | confidence game (once / 118194 pages) n WORD FAMILY confidence game: confidence games USAGE EXAMPLES“The confidence game is just a game,” Halperin said in a February episode. The New Yorker(Oct 07, 2016) The confidence games that Claire and Jamie have needed to play during this chapter in their lives are coming to an end. New York Times(Jun 18, 2016) “Democracy is a confidence game — people need to have confidence that elected officials did not come into power to enrich themselves,” Ms. McGehee said. New York Times(Apr 12, 2016) n a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property Syn|Hypo|Hyper bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting sting operation a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals) cheat, rig, swindle the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme |
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