"con game" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: con games [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of confidence game. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|confidence game}} Clipping of confidence game Head templates: {{en-noun}} con game (plural con games)
  1. A swindle in which the mark, or victim, is defrauded after his or her trust has been won. Synonyms: confidence game, confidence trick, grift, scam Translations (malicious breach of trust): bondefangeri [neuter] (Danish), friponaĵo (Esperanto), puhallus (Finnish), höynäytys (Finnish), luottamuksen hyväksikäyttö (Finnish), petos [law] (Finnish), abus de confiance [masculine] (French), Trickbetrug [masculine] (German), Hochstapelei (German), Bauernfängerei (German), הונאה (hona'ah) [feminine] (Hebrew), csalás (Hungarian), szélhámosság (Hungarian), átverés (Hungarian), golpe [masculine] (Portuguese), estafa [feminine] (Spanish), engañifa (Spanish), engañabobos (Spanish), lurendrejeri [neuter] (Swedish), bondfångeri [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "malicious breach of trust",
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      "sense": "malicious breach of trust",
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      "sense": "malicious breach of trust",
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