Ponzi

[pon-zee] / ˈpɒn zi /

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confidence game n.
con game n.

NOUN

confidence game

Synonyms

WEAK

bait and switch boiler room bunco game bunko con con game confidence trick flimflam hustle racket ripoff shell game skin game sting swindle

NOUN

con game

Synonyms

WEAK

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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Some have even argued that this makes the program a Ponzi scheme — although, by that definition, pretty much everything is a Ponzi scheme.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

Cloth is also accused of engaging in a Ponzi scheme by using the acquired investor funds to repay prior investors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

In case you missed it, WSJ’s The Journal podcast produced an amazing episode based on my coverage of the convicted Ponzi schemer Paul Regan’s scam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

You’ll get to listen to convicted Ponzi schemer Paul Regan systematically probing clients for their psychological weaknesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

They had the essential feature of a Ponzi scheme: To maintain the fiction that they were profitable enterprises, they needed more and more capital to create more and more subprime loans.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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