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Comment by dcminter

4 days ago

In the term "conman" the confidence in question is that of the mark, not the perpetrator.

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sdwr  4 days ago

Isn't confidence referring to the alternate definition of trust, as in "taking you into his confidence"?

  • godelski  4 days ago

    I think if you used that definition you could equally say "it is the mark that is taking the conman into [the mark's] confidence"

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