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• n  a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

• bunco
• bunco game
• bunko
• bunko game
• con
• confidence trick
• confidence game
• gyp
• hustle
• sting
• flimflam

News & Articles

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• Waltham Police: Scams on the rise
  A con game, a flimflam, a hustle, a swindle, a shakedown, a grift and a gaffle are all terms that can be associated with one of the oldest tricks in the book: a scam.
  June 18, 2013 - Waltham News Tribune