单词 | con game |
释义 | con game (once / 164158 pages) n WORD FAMILY con game: con games USAGE EXAMPLESIt also found an increase in credit card fraud, identity theft and “con games” is possibly related to the casino’s presence. Washington Times(Dec 15, 2016) No sooner does the con game mount than the characters’ discourse breaks down, as if a contagion had taken over their speech. New York Times(Oct 21, 2016) The Emmys were “a con game” and “an irrelevant show,” he added. New York Times(Oct 20, 2016) n a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property Syn|Hypo|Hyper bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting sting operation a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals) cheat, rig, swindle the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme |
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