confidence game 骗局；圈套，尤其指：（获得对方信任以后而设的）骗局，圈套。

【例句】
Funding is such a confidence game.
筹资就是在获得你信任以后，设立的一个骗局。

One who acts as a decoy, as in a confidence game. Before you drop the ball into the spinning wheel, you bet a number on the electronic layout.
诱饵在骗局充当诱饵的人。如在一场骗局中在你把小球投入转盘之前，先在布局上赌个号码。