"confidence man" meaning in Anglais

See confidence man in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

  1. Escroc, escroqueur, arnaqueur.
    Sense id: fr-confidence_man-en-noun--bKgs4c8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: con artist [slang], con man [slang], confidence man, scam artist [slang], swindler, crook Related terms: confidence game

Inflected forms

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