confidence game. A means of obtaining money or property whereby a person intentionally misrepresents facts to gain the victim’s trust so that the victim will transfer money or property to the person. — Also termed con game; con. Cf. BUNCO. [Cases: False Pretenses 16.]
confidence game 骗局 指利用欺诈手段骗得对方信任从而骗取其钱财的行为。其构成要素是：１故意向被骗方就有关事实作出虚假陈述；２明知该陈述的虚假性；３具有使被骗方信任该陈述的故意；４虚假陈述的目的在于骗得对方信任从而骗取其钱财；５行为人利用了被骗方的信任。 (=con game; con)
confidence man. One who defrauds a victim by first gaining the victim’s confidence and then, through trickery, obtaining money or property; a swindler. • The equivalent term confidence woman is exceptionally rare, even though women are often involved in confidence games. — Often shortened to con man. See CONFIDENCE GAME. Cf. BUNCO-STEERER.
grift, vb. Slang. To obtain money illicitly by adroit use of a scam, confidence game, or other fraudulent means. — grifter, n.
shill. 1. A person who poses as an innocent bystander at a confidence game but actually serves as a decoy for the perpetrators of the scheme. 2. BY-BIDDER R. — shill, vb.
capper. 1. One who solicits business for an attorney. See BARRATRY(1); RUNNER (2). 2. Slang. A person who acts as a lure for others (as in a gambling or confidence game). — Also termed (in sense 2) stool pigeon.
con.abbr. 1. Confidence (con game). 2. Convict (ex-con). 3. Contra (pros and cons). 4. (cap.) Constitutional (Con. law). con, n. See CONFIDENCE GAME.
bunco. A swindling game or scheme; any trick or ploy calculated to win a person’s confidence in an attempt to deceive that person. — Also spelled bunko. — Also termed bunco steering. Cf. CONFIDENCE GAME. [Cases: False Pretenses 16.]