confidence trick
Example Sentences
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He was jailed for 10 years for perpetrating a "callous confidence trick", the judge said.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2018
But, the novel reveals, Mercer is just an elderly actor, desperate for work; the religion is a confidence trick.
From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2017
It is essentially a confidence trick that influences a person to take action that may not be in their best interest.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2015
“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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
