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},
"expansion": "Clipping of confidence game",
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"A swindle in which the mark, or victim, is defrauded after his or her trust has been won."
],
"id": "en-con_game-en-noun-L3aA4VAm",
"links": [
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[
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],
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"defraud"
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"word": "confidence game"
},
{
"word": "confidence trick"
},
{
"word": "grift"
},
{
"word": "scam"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bondefangeri"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"word": "friponaĵo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"word": "puhallus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"word": "höynäytys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"word": "luottamuksen hyväksikäyttö"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"topics": [
"law"
],
"word": "petos"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "abus de confiance"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Trickbetrug"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"word": "Hochstapelei"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"word": "Bauernfängerei"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hona'ah",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "הונאה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"word": "csalás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"word": "szélhámosság"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"word": "átverés"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "golpe"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estafa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"word": "engañifa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"word": "engañabobos"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lurendrejeri"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bondfångeri"
}
]
}
],
"word": "con game"
}
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"tags": [
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
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"glosses": [
"A swindle in which the mark, or victim, is defrauded after his or her trust has been won."
],
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"swindle",
"swindle"
],
[
"mark",
"mark"
],
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"defraud",
"defraud"
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]
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{
"word": "confidence game"
},
{
"word": "confidence trick"
},
{
"word": "grift"
},
{
"word": "scam"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bondefangeri"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"word": "friponaĵo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"word": "puhallus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"word": "höynäytys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"word": "luottamuksen hyväksikäyttö"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"topics": [
"law"
],
"word": "petos"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "abus de confiance"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Trickbetrug"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"word": "Hochstapelei"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"word": "Bauernfängerei"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hona'ah",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "הונאה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"word": "csalás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"word": "szélhámosság"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"word": "átverés"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "golpe"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estafa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"word": "engañifa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"word": "engañabobos"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lurendrejeri"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "malicious breach of trust",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bondfångeri"
}
],
"word": "con game"
}
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