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
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
Luxury brands are the biggest confidence trick in the great panoply of modern consumerist cons.
From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2012
Public speaking, like writing, is in many ways a confidence trick.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
