Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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confidence game | Yes | No | No | No |
sting operation | Yes | No | No | No |
confidence game (noun) | sting operation (noun) |
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a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property | a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals) |
operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act |