confidence trick
Example Sentences
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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
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
Arthur Ford-Batey, Alan Hunt and Ian Yorkshire were sentenced earlier at Norwich Crown Court Three men involved in an elaborate confidence trick in which a Christian philanthropist from Norfolk lost £12m have been jailed.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2012
Public speaking, like writing, is in many ways a confidence trick.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
