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confidence man

[ kon-fi-duhns man ]

noun

  1. a person who swindles others by means of a confidence game; swindler.


confidence man

noun

  1. another name for con man
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Origin of confidence man1

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
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In that way, Trump is a hybrid professional wrestling heel, reality TV star, preacher, TV pitchman and confidence man fake billionaire, a carnie, and messiah father figure and lover.

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Prosecutors, though, said Tunstall’s behavior was “tantamount to the historic traveling confidence man, pitching a shingle in a new community until discovery, and then moving on to engage in similar fraudulent conduct.â€

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Indeed, Trump offers an almost "ideal" or typical example of the cult leader and confidence man: He is an apparent narcissist and sociopath, profoundly Machiavellian and with no moral core or fundamental decency.

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The definitive account of the confidence man Haberman portrays is decades away.

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And Dr. Ike, as he was known, is a charismatic and especially dangerous type of confidence man because he has a medical degree.

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