confidence trickster

noun

Someone who conducts a confidence game: who defrauds someone after winning his trust, a conman or con artist.

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Meanings

nounconfidence trickster (plural confidence tricksters)

plural confidence tricksters

  1. Someone who conducts a confidence game: who defrauds someone after winning his trust, a conman or con artist.

    Synonyms: bamboozler, bouncer, bullshitter, cheat, cheater, cogger, cony-catcher, crammer

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomeone who conducts a confidence game: who defrauds someone after winning his trust, a conman or con artist.

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APA

confidence trickster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confidence%20trickster

MLA

“confidence trickster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confidence%20trickster. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “confidence trickster,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confidence%20trickster.

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