confidence man

[ kon-fi-duhns man ]

/ ˈkɒn fɪ dəns ˌmæn /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR confidence man ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

a person who swindles others by means of a confidence game; swindler.

Also Informal, con man, con·man

[kon-man] /ˈkɒnˌmæn/ .

Origin of confidence man

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Words nearby confidence man

confidence, confidence game, confidence interval, confidence level, confidence limits, confidence man, confidence trick, confident, confidente, confidential, confidential communication

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Example sentences from the Web for confidence man

The confidence-man—for Tom had fully decided that such he was—seemed disappointed.
Left End Edwards|Ralph Henry Barbour
Since those earlier days he had been train-gambler, confidence-man, and sneak-thief.
Geoffrey Hampstead|Thomas Stinson Jarvis
It was, he thought, odd that a confidence-man should carry a suit-case, but that might be only an attempt to avert suspicion.
Left End Edwards|Ralph Henry Barbour
But your confidence-man, your cardsharper, should any perchance happen to fall in his hands, uses them to suit his own game.
The Strand Magazine, Volume VII, Issue 42, June, 1894|Various

He didn't look the least bit in the world like a confidence-man to-night and the two boys marvelled at their earlier suspicions.
Left End Edwards|Ralph Henry Barbour

British Dictionary definitions for confidence man

confidence man

confidence trickster

noun

another name for con man

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单词	confidence man
释义	confidence man [ kon-fi-duhns man ] / ˈkɒn fɪ dəns ˌmæn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR confidence man ON THESAURUS.COM noun a person who swindles others by means of a confidence game; swindler. Also Informal, con man, con·man [kon-man] /ˈkɒnˌmæn/ . Origin of confidence man An Americanism dating back to 1840–50 Words nearby confidence man confidence, confidence game, confidence interval, confidence level, confidence limits, confidence man, confidence trick, confident, confidente, confidential, confidential communication Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for confidence man The confidence-man—for Tom had fully decided that such he was—seemed disappointed. Left End Edwards\|Ralph Henry Barbour Since those earlier days he had been train-gambler, confidence-man, and sneak-thief. Geoffrey Hampstead\|Thomas Stinson Jarvis It was, he thought, odd that a confidence-man should carry a suit-case, but that might be only an attempt to avert suspicion. Left End Edwards\|Ralph Henry Barbour But your confidence-man, your cardsharper, should any perchance happen to fall in his hands, uses them to suit his own game. The Strand Magazine, Volume VII, Issue 42, June, 1894\|Various He didn't look the least bit in the world like a confidence-man to-night and the two boys marvelled at their earlier suspicions. Left End Edwards\|Ralph Henry Barbour British Dictionary definitions for confidence man confidence man confidence trickster noun another name for con man Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to confidence man con artist, hustler, cheater, bilker, bunco, fleecer, flimflammer, hoser, scammer, shark, sharpie, smoothie
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confidence man

noun

Origin of confidence man

Words nearby confidence man

Example sentences from the Web for confidence man

British Dictionary definitions for confidence man

confidence trickster

noun

Words related to confidence man