confidence artist
confidence artist is the alternative form of con artist.
Meaning of con artist
Noun
con artist (plural con artists)
- A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster.
- That greedy con artist would swindle you at any cost.
- Synonyms:
- conman, con, bristler, bunco artist, bunco-steerer, chiseler, confidence artist, confidence trickster, flimflammer, grifter
Forms of confidence artist
| plural | confidence artists |
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Questions about confidence artist
- What is confidence artist the alternative form of?
- Confidence artist is the alternative form of con artist.
Words near confidence artist in the dictionary
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