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Confidence Trick Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is SCAM which was last seen in the The Guardian Speedy crossword.
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99%4Exact Match!
noun

• a fraudulent business scheme

verb

• deprive of by deceit

98%5Exact Match!
noun

• a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung

• a mental pain or distress

• a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

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

• operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act

verb

• cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

• deliver a sting to

• saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous

• cause a stinging pain

• cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging

95%7Exact Match!
noun

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

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Source #Number Answer
The Guardian Speedy17 Mar 2019 Across 10
The Guardian Quick03 Jan 2008 Across 10
The Guardian Quick19 Jul 2007 Across 18
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