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    confidence trick

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈconfidence ˌtrick noun [countable]  TRICK/DECEIVEa dishonest trick played on someone in order to get their money 诈骗，骗局 SYN con —confidence trickster noun [countable]
    Examples from the Corpus
    confidence trick• A professional golfer tries to pull off a confidence trick against his own body.• Being the host with the most was essential to Archer's confidence trick.
    ˈconfidence ˌtrick nounChineseSyllable
    trick someone in Corpus a to order played on dishonest


    confidence trick
    ˈconfidence ˌtrick noun [countable]
    a dishonest trick played on someone in order to get their money
       SYN  con
    —confidence trickster noun [countable]


    confidence trickBrE /ˈkɒnfɪdəns trɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɑːnfɪdəns trɪk/ 🔊 (BrE) (NAmE ˈconfidence game) noun (formal) = con