con trick

noun

1. informal.
   a shortened form of confidence trick

Example Sentences

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn called it a "con trick" that would "deter billions of pounds of investment".

From BBC

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn called it a "con trick" which would "deter billions of pounds of investment".

From BBC

Awarding the show three stars, the Telegraph's Claire Allfree said the "unstable, performative nature of identity, and its analogous resonance for theatre - the ultimate con trick - are familiar conceits".

From BBC

The great westernising experiment had been a con trick that had enriched a criminalised elite and impoverished everyone else.

From BBC

The Simulmatics story is also an early example of using big data as a con trick, making claims it could not back up.

From The Guardian