"confidence game" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Anglais]

IPA: \ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns ɡeɪm\ Forms: confidence games [plural]
  1. Astuce frauduleuse, arnaque.
    Sense id: fr-confidence_game-en-noun-fOeduD56 Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
  2. Entourloupe, entourloupette.
    Sense id: fr-confidence_game-en-noun-FsmtrrKH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: scam, dirty trick, swindle Related terms: con game

Inflected forms

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  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de confidence et de game."
  ],
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    {
      "form": "confidence games",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns ɡeɪmz\\"
      ],
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    }
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I got caught in a confidence game, and lost half of my savings.",
          "translation": "Je me suis retrouvé pris(e) dans une arnaque, et j’ai perdu la moitié de mes économies."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Astuce frauduleuse, arnaque."
      ],
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Entourloupe, entourloupette."
      ],
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    }
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    }
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    {
      "word": "scam"
    },
    {
      "word": "dirty trick"
    },
    {
      "word": "swindle"
    }
  ],
  "word": "confidence game"
}
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    "Composé de confidence et de game."
  ],
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        "\\ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns ɡeɪmz\\"
      ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I got caught in a confidence game, and lost half of my savings.",
          "translation": "Je me suis retrouvé pris(e) dans une arnaque, et j’ai perdu la moitié de mes économies."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Astuce frauduleuse, arnaque."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Entourloupe, entourloupette."
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "\\ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns ɡeɪm\\"
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    {
      "word": "scam"
    },
    {
      "word": "dirty trick"
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    {
      "word": "swindle"
    }
  ],
  "word": "confidence game"
}

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