confidence man
11confidence man — con′fidence man n. a person who swindles others by means of a confidence game; swindler • Etymology: 1840–50, amer …
12confidence man — noun a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim • Syn: ↑con man, ↑con artist • Hypernyms: ↑swindler, ↑defrauder, ↑chiseller, ↑chiseler, ↑gouger, ↑ …
13confidence man — a person who swindles others by means of a confidence game; swindler. [1840 50, Amer.] * * * …
14confidence man — noun dated a confidence trickster …
15confidence man — A swindler; a trickster. See confidence game …
16confidence man — Synonyms and related words: bunco artist, bunco steerer, cardsharp, cardsharper, carpetbagger, con artist, con man, crimp, defrauder, diddler, gyp, horse coper, horse trader, jackleg, land pirate, land shark, land grabber, mortgage shark,… …
17confidence man — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. swindler, cheat, fraud, con man*; see cheat 1 , rascal …
18The Confidence-Man —   Author(s) Herman Melville Country …
19William Thompson (confidence man) — William Thompson was an American criminal whose deceptions caused the term confidence man to be coined.Operating in New York City in the late 1840s, a gently dressed Thompson would approach an upper class mark and begin a brief conversation.… …
20No Confidence Man — is a song recorded by Elliott Smith for a split with Pete Krebs on Slo Mo Records in 1994. This was Smith s first solo release. The songs lyrics most likely refer to Smith s stormy relationship during his childhood with stepfather Charlie Welch,… …
