con game

English

Etymology

Clipping of confidence game.

Noun

con game (plural con games)

A swindle in which the mark, or victim, is defrauded after his or her trust has been won.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:deception

Synonyms

Translations

malicious breach of trust

Esperanto: friponaĵo
Finnish: puhallus (fi), höynäytys, luottamuksen hyväksikäyttö; petos (fi) (law)
French: abus de confiance (fr) m
German: Trickbetrug m

Hebrew: הונאה‎ (he) f (hona'ah)
Hungarian: csalás (hu), szélhámosság (hu), átverés (hu)
Spanish: estafa (es) f, engañifa, engañabobos (es)

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