Usually means: Deception designed to swindle someone.
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  1. con game: Merriam-Webster
  2. con game: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. con game: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. con game: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. con-game, con game: Wordnik
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  9. Con game: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. con game: Rhymezone
  11. con game: FreeDictionary.org
  12. con game: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. con game: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  2. con game: Legal dictionary

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  1. con game: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  A swindle in which the mark, or victim, is defrauded after his or her trust has been won.

Similar:
confidence game, flimflam, gyp, bunco, hustle, con, bunko, sting, bunco game, bunko game, more...

Opposite:
legitimate, honest, fair, genuine

Types:
three-card monte, shell game, find lady, cup and ball game, more...

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Similar:
confidence game, flimflam, gyp, bunco, hustle, con, bunko, sting, bunco game, bunko game, more...

Opposite:
legitimate, honest, fair, genuine

Types:
three-card monte, shell game, find lady, cup and ball game, more...



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