confidence man

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   a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim

   Synonymscon mancon artist

   Broaderswindler

Questions about confidence man

What does confidence man mean?

confidence man means "a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim".

What is another word for confidence man?

Close synonyms include con man, con artist. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is confidence man a common word?

confidence man is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.