| 词汇 | confidence-trick |
| 释义 | confidence trick noun[ C ] uk /ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns ˌtrɪk/ us /ˈkɑːn.fɪ.dəns ˌtrɪk/ a coninformal骗局（同 con） Synonym sting Cheating & tricking anti-fraud bad faith bamboozle bilk blackmail deceive diddle feint flannel game-fixing grift grifter gull gyp have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom prankster pretext pretextual pull pull a fast oneidiom confidence trick | Business Englishconfidence trick noun[ C ] UKukus(USconfidence game) → con Examples of confidence trickconfidence trick Far from being a fiddle, it might more aptly be described as a confidencetrick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It might be a clever or justifiable confidencetrick, but it is a confidencetrick all the same. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suspect that many thousands of people now understand all too well that transitional relief was a confidencetrick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At best, it was gross naivety and at worst it was a great confidencetrick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is on them, with their confidencetrick, that the main burden of the charge lies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This was another part of the confidencetrick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The commission was another part of the confidencetrick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If a person accepts the article as a gift, in some cases it may lead to some confidencetrick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is not, the scheme will be seen as a cynical confidencetrick to postpone the inevitable unemployment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is therefore a confidencetrick to claim that there has been a real increase of that size. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the element of a confidencetrick in the scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a breach of faith to millions of people, wrapped up and disguised in a confidencetrick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that the electors are being subjected to a confidencetrick of mammoth proportions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems to me to be a sort of confidencetrick procedure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a political phenomenon of our times that on two occasions since then the country has fallen for the same confidencetrick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of confidence trick These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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