confidence trick
Example Sentences
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Investigators are trying to figure out if the fraudsters research their victims or whether they are using a confidence trick.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2022
He was jailed for 10 years for perpetrating a "callous confidence trick", the judge said.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2018
Illustration: Clifford Harper/Agraphia.co.uk Kate Atkinson's new novel is a marvel, a great big confidence trick – but one that invites the reader to take part in the deception.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 6, 2013
“This report is a sham, this report is a whitewash, this report is a confidence trick dressed up as independent scrutiny and given invisible clothes of reliability,” she said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2012
Public speaking, like writing, is in many ways a confidence trick.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
