All shell game synonyms

noun shell game

• con game — a swindle involving money, goods, etc, in which the victim's trust is won by the swindler; a shortened form of confidence game
• collusion — Collusion is secret or illegal co-operation, especially between countries or organizations.
• con job — an act or instance of duping or swindling.
• bait and switch — Bait and switch is used to refer to a sales technique in which goods are advertised at low prices in order to attract customers, although only a small number of the low-priced goods are available.
• bait-and-switch — denoting a deceptive method of selling, by which customers, attracted to a store by sale items, are told either that the advertised bargain item is out of stock or is inferior to a higher-priced item that is available.
• boiler room — any room in a building (often in the basement) that contains a boiler for central heating, etc
• doublecross — To betray someone by leading them into trap after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were actually being aided.
• guiltiness — having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable: The jury found her guilty of murder.
• chicane — a bridge or whist hand without trumps
• grift — (sometimes used with a plural verb) a group of methods for obtaining money falsely through the use of swindles, frauds, dishonest gambling, etc.
• hosing — an act or instance of being taken advantage of or cheated.
• dirty trick — act: unfair, dishonest
• bunco — a swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters
• jive — swing music or early jazz.
• cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
• knavery — action or practice characteristic of a knave.
• flam — a drumbeat consisting of two notes in quick succession, with the accent on the second.
• bamboozlement — The act or process of bamboozling or being bamboozled.
• cheat — When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
• frame up — a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person.
• dupery — an act, practice, or instance of duping.
• confidence game — A confidence game is the same as a confidence trick.
• funny business — improper or unethical conduct, as deception or trickery: He won't stand for any funny business here.
• confidence trick — A confidence trick is a trick in which someone deceives you by telling you something that is not true, often to trick you out of money.
• bunko — bunco
• fast one — a shrewd action, especially when unscrupulous or dishonest; an unfair trick, deceitful practice, dishonest dealing, etc.: He pulled a fast one on me by paying me with a worthless check.
• frame-up — a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person.