· a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)
Hypernym(s): bunco, bunco_game, bunko, bunko_game, con, confidence_trick, confidence_game, con_game, hustle, sting, flimflam
· operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act; "the police conducted a sting operation"
Synonym(s): sting
Hypernym(s): operation