One entry found for confidence game.

Entry Word: confidence game
Function: noun
Text: a scheme in which the victim is cheated out of his money after first gaining his trust <the old confidence game in which the victims are told that they must pay a fee in order to collect their prize money>
Synonyms hustle, racket, swindle
Related Words double cross, fix; gyp, rip-off; squeeze; ruse, subterfuge, trick