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confidence game n. the obtaining of money from others through trick or swindle, generally by gaining the victim's trust and confidence. (See: swindle) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In the face of the booms and busts of the capitalist economy, the confidence game of shrewd deception and cool risk taking was often what was required--and secretly admired. This unfamiliarity and heightened expectation, matched with the trappings of competence, gave potency to what has turned out to be the Bush administration's signature political tactic, the confidence game. If it sounds a bit like a confidence game, that may be because it's public confidence that gives money value in the first place. |
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