confidence game
noun[C]
USukus→confidence trick
单词 | confidence game |
释义 | confidence game noun[C] USukus→confidence trick Examplesofconfidence gameconfidence game A confidence trick orconfidencegameis an attempt to defraud a person or group by gaining their confidence. From Wikipedia ![]() This scheme, a form ofconfidencegame, consisted of bilking wealthy widows of their money by encouraging them to invest in horses. From Wikipedia ![]() An individual that practiced such aconfidencegamewould be branded as a two-penny thief, and would soon be consigned to a house of correction. From Wikipedia ![]() He failed to convince the officials, who also suspected trickery or aconfidencegame. From Wikipedia ![]() Doll and company decide to set up aconfidencegame, what was then called coney-catching. From Wikipedia ![]() They were variants of the brokered loanconfidencegame. From Wikipedia ![]() The men who worked this form ofconfidencegameoften acted as gigolos to the widows they bilked. From Wikipedia ![]() A false document is usually created as an artistic exercise, but occasionally is promoted in conjunction with a criminal enterprise, such as fraud, forgery, or aconfidencegame. From Wikipedia ![]() Appealing to his greed and his masculinity, she convinces him to use his skills with crooked dice in aconfidencegameto help her separate convention-goers from their money. From Wikipedia ![]() As long as capital flows freely, nations will be vulnerable to speculative attack and policy makers will be forced to play theconfidencegame. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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