Synonyms of three-card monte

three-card monte

noun

as in thimblerig

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thimblerig
• racket
• pyramid scheme
• Ponzi scheme
• jig
• dodge
• stratagem
• device
• scheme
• ploy
• wile
• gimmick
• rip-off
• soaking
• gouging
• sleight
• shell game
• trick
• cross
• overcharging
• con
• counterfeit
• forgery
• hoax
• phoney
• fake
• fix
• scam
• swindle
• sham
• bunko
• phony
• fraud
• humbug
• sting
• fiddle
• bunco
• flimflam
• hustle

Examples of three-card monte in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Enter Email Sign Up Related: What Harry Sinden thinks of these record-setting Bruins, and other thoughts Entering weekend play, the Panthers, Islanders, and Penguins remained in a spirited game of three-card monte (no relation to the Bruins coach) to sort out the two wild-card spots in the East. —Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023

With this certificate, the shell company – whose sole purpose is to hold and hide assets – becomes one of a series of Russian dolls, each fit snugly into the next, creating a type of three-card monte in which the taxing authorities can never find assets nor owners. —Beverly Moran, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2021

The game is three-card monte. —Robert Pearl, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021

Determining responsibility for hiring underage workers, like determining responsibility for anything else that affects low-wage workers, is a game of three-card monte. —Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2023