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CONFIDENCE MAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does confidence man mean?
• CONFIDENCE MAN (noun)
The noun CONFIDENCE MAN has 1 sense:
1. a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim
Familiarity information: CONFIDENCE MAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
con artist; con man; confidence man
Hypernyms ("confidence man" is a kind of...):
chiseler; chiseller; defrauder; gouger; grifter; scammer; swindler (a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud)
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