Confidence Game
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A method of swindling. 265 111. 283. Any swindling operation in which advantage is taken of the confidence reposed by the victim in the swindler. 261 111. 322.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Any swindling operation in which advantage is taken of confidence reposed by the victim in the swindler. See Ann. Cas. 1912A, 758, note.