Confidence trick
Confidence trick noun - A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
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Hocus and confidence trick are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hocus" instead a noun phrase "Confidence trick".
Hocus
Confidence trick and hocus are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Confidence trick" instead a noun "Hocus".
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- trick and confidence trick
- trick and hocus
- deception and confidence trick
- deception and hocus
- artifice and confidence trick
- artifice and hocus
- cheat and confidence trick
- cheat and hocus
- humbug and confidence trick
- humbug and hocus
- swindle and confidence trick
- swindle and hocus
- hoax and confidence trick
- hoax and hocus
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Hocus and Confidence trick. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/confidence_trick/hocus
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