Translations for „confidence game“ in the English » German Dictionary

ˈcon·fi·dence game N Am LAW

confidence game

Schwindel m

confidence game

Betrug m

confidence game

Bauernfängerei f

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It's a confidence game, in other words.

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A well-read charmer who liked to crack wise, he fleeced mostly relatives and close friends out of millions of dollars during a confidence game that lasted almost 20 years.

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In the end, it's a confidence game, really.

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The world financial system has always been a confidence game.

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Because, from some angles, the profession looks like a confidence game.

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This scheme, a form of confidence game, consisted of bilking wealthy widows of their money by encouraging them to invest in horses.

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This would be the death knell in the bankers' confidence game.

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He failed to convince the officials, who also suspected trickery or a confidence game.

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Doll and company decide to set up a confidence game, what was then called coney-catching.

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An individual that practiced such a confidence game would be branded as a two-penny thief, and would soon be consigned to a house of correction.

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