Definition of Confidence man

1. Noun. A swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim.

Exact synonyms: Con Artist, Con Man
Generic synonyms: Chiseler, Chiseller, Defrauder, Gouger, Grifter, Scammer, Swindler

Definition of Confidence man

1. Noun. Someone who conducts a confidence game: who defrauds someone after winning his trust. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Confidence Man

confidant
confidante
confidantes
confidants
confide
confided
confidee
confidence
confidence artist
confidence game
confidence games
confidence interval
confidence intervals
confidence level
confidence limits
confidence man (current term)
confidence men
confidence trick
confidence trickster
confidence tricksters
confidences
confident
confident(p)
confidente
confidentes
confidential
confidential adviser-advisee relation
confidential information
confidentialities
confidentiality

Literary usage of Confidence man

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Is the Devil a Myth? by Charles Franklin Wimberly (1913)
"XIX THE confidence man " In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, ..."

2. Orations, Addresses and Speeches of Chauncey M. Depew by Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1910)
"At Albany he spoke sneer- ingly of confidence as the "confidence man," ... The gold "confidence man" who has been governing this country since the war has ..."

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