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Con game   /kɑn geɪm/   Listen
Con game

noun
1.
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.  Synonyms: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting.





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"Con game" Quotes from Famous Books



... "blowing in million-dollar bills like you'd blow suds off a beer. If I'd knowed it was him, I'd have hit him once, and hid him in the cellar for the reward. Who'd I think he was? I thought he was a wire-tapper, working a con game!" ...
— The Boy Scout and Other Stories for Boys • Richard Harding Davis


Words linked to "Con game" :   cheat, rig, swindle, sting operation


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