Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun confidence_game

1 sense of confidence game

Sense 1
bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam -- (a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property)
       => swindle, cheat, rig -- (the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud")