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con game

NOUN
confidence game
Synonyms
WEAK
Ponzi bait and switch boiler room bunco game bunko con con job confidence trick flimflam hustle racket ripoff shell game skin game sting swindle

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"Stefan Pildes promoted SantaCon as an event grounded in charitable giving, but instead of donating the millions of dollars he raised, he ran his own con game," US Attorney Jay Clayton said in a statement.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Great acting is a con game, of the highest order, and it’s a pleasure to be Moore’s mark.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2023

Durant was a con game presented by the front office — even if they were conning themselves.

From Washington Times • Jun. 7, 2022

The only ones to suffer here might be the institutions of higher learning themselves, many of which are running a con game for their own financial benefit.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2022

If this is done knowingly and with intent to defraud, this is an illegal con game.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos