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con trick

noun

  1. informal.
    a shortened form of confidence trick
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn called it a "con trick" that would "deter billions of pounds of investment".

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SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn called it a "con trick" which would "deter billions of pounds of investment".

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Awarding the show three stars, the Telegraph's Claire Allfree said the "unstable, performative nature of identity, and its analogous resonance for theatre - the ultimate con trick - are familiar conceits".

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The great westernising experiment had been a con trick that had enriched a criminalised elite and impoverished everyone else.

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The Simulmatics story is also an early example of using big data as a con trick, making claims it could not back up.

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