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

1 sense of sting operation

Sense 1
sting operation -- (a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals))
       => 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)