| 单词 | confidence trick |
| 释义 | confidence trick (once / 184677 pages) n WORD FAMILY confidence trick: confidence tricks USAGE EXAMPLESThe trouble with the joke is that it won't work anymore even as a confidence trick because the metaphorical bridge collapsed long ago. US News(Apr 01, 2016) It is essentially a confidence trick that influences a person to take action that may not be in their best interest. BBC(Dec 31, 2015) But federal investigators found that behind his professional demeanor, patients were falling victim to a massive confidence trick driven by greed. The Guardian(Dec 23, 2015) 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 game, 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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