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confidence men

confidence men is the plural of confidence man.

Meaning of confidence man

Noun

confidence man (plural confidence men)

  1. Someone who conducts a confidence game: who defrauds someone after winning his trust.
    • “True; but look, now, what my doubt is. I am one who thinks well of man. I love man. I have confidence in man. But what was told me not a half-hour since? I was told that I would find it written—‘Believe not his many words—an enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips’—and also I was told that I would...1857, Herman Melville, The Confidence-Man

Questions about confidence men

What is confidence men the plural of?
Confidence men is the plural of confidence man.

Words near confidence men in the dictionary

  1. confidence intervals
  2. confidence level
  3. confidence levels
  4. confidence limits
  5. confidence man
  6. confidence men
  7. confidence motion
  8. confidence motions
  9. confidence trick
  10. confidence tricks
  11. confidence trickster

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