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Meaning of confidence trick | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A method of cheating somebody by winning their confidence and having them hand over their money (or other valuables).

Examples

“He was telling northern Europeans that some of the devotions which most deeply satisfied them […] were nothing but clerical confidence tricks.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

confidence trickster confidence vote confidence, trust Confidences confidency Confident