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♦ confidence /ˈkɒnfɪdəns/n. [u]1 fiducia: to have full confidence in sb. [st.], avere piena fiducia in q. [qc.]; to look at the future with confidence, guardare al futuro con fiducia; to inspire confidence, ispirare fiducia; complete confidence, fiducia assoluta; to place one's confidence in sb., riporre la propria fiducia in q.; to shake sb. 's confidence in st., scuotere la fiducia di q. in qc.; consumer confidence, la fiducia dei consumatori2 (= self-confidence) fiducia in sé stesso; sicurezza (di sé): He is full of confidence, ha una gran fiducia in sé; è molto sicuro di sé; to lack in confidence, non avere fiducia in sé; essere insicuro; to boost sb. 's confidence, dare più fiducia a q.; rendere q. più sicuro di sé; to undermine sb. 's confidence, minare la fiducia in se stesso di q.3 certezza; sicurezza: I can say with confidence that…, posso affermare con certezza che…4 confidenza: in confidence, in confidenza; in via riservata; in strict confidence, in via strettamente confidenziale5 confidenza; segreto: to exchange confidences, scambiarsi segreti; to make a confidence to sb., fare una confidenza a q.6 (stat.) confidenza: confidence belt, fascia di confidenza; confidence interval, intervallo di confidenza● confidence crisis, crisi di fiducia □ (org. az.) confidence level, grado di affidabilità ( dei prodotti) □ (antiq.) confidence man, truffatore □ confidence trick ( USA: confidence game), truffa all'americana □ confidence trickster, truffatore; imbroglione □ to be in sb. 's confidence, godere la fiducia di q. □ to take sb. into one's confidence, confidarsi con q. □ (polit.) vote of confidence [of no confidence], voto di fiducia [di sfiducia]. -
2 confidence trickster
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confidence man — noun Someone who conducts a confidence game: who defrauds someone after winning his trust. Syn: confidence trickster, con man … Wiktionary
confidence man — noun dated a confidence trickster … English new terms dictionary
confidence man — A swindler; a trickster. See confidence game … Ballentine's law dictionary
confidence man — Synonyms and related words: bunco artist, bunco steerer, cardsharp, cardsharper, carpetbagger, con artist, con man, crimp, defrauder, diddler, gyp, horse coper, horse trader, jackleg, land pirate, land shark, land grabber, mortgage shark,… … Moby Thesaurus
trickster — n 1. deceiver, deluder, hoodwinker, beguiler, inveigler, bamboozler, dissembler, bluff, pettifogger; fake, faker, phony, humbug; imposter, mas querader, pretender, mountebank, hypocrite, charlatan, Inf. quack; adventurer, rogue, picaroon, rascal … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
trickster — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fraud, confidence man, impostor; see cheat 1 , swindler . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person who cheats: bilk, cheat, cheater, cozener, defrauder, rook, sharper, swindler, victim izer. Informal: chiseler, crook,… … English dictionary for students
confidence — noun 1 belief in others ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, complete, full, total ▪ The company needs the full confidence of its investors. ▪ great, high … Collocations dictionary
List of confidence tricks — This list of confidence tricks and scams should not be considered complete, but covers the most common examples. Confidence tricks and scams are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type.… … Wikipedia
con man — noun a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim • Syn: ↑confidence man, ↑con artist • Hypernyms: ↑swindler, ↑defrauder, ↑chiseller, ↑chiseler, ↑gouger, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
illywhacker — /ˈɪliwækə / (say ileewakuh) noun a confidence man; trickster. Also, illywacker. {obsolete British thieves slang whack the illy to perform a confidence trick; ? from eelie, from eelerspee, back slang from spieler} …
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