What is CONFIDENCE GAME? Definition of CONFIDENCE GAME in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
Obtaining of money or property by means of some trick, device, or swindling operation in which advantage is taken of the confidence which the victim reposes in the swindler. People v. Mutchler, 309 Ill. 207, 140 N.E. 820, 822, 35 A.L.R. 339; Roll v. People, 243 P. 641, 643,78 Col o. 589; People v. Epstein, 338 Ill. 631, 170 N.E. 678, 679. For distinction between false pre and confidence game, see False Pretenses.
One obtaining property by unlawful means, other than by fraudulently obtaining and then abusing victim's confidence, is not guilty of obtaining property by means of "confidence game." Bomareto v. People, 111 Colo. 99, 137 P.2d 402, 404.
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