confidence man

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.

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