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sting operation, n.
more info a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)
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sting operation
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con game, bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, hustle, sting, flimflam
more info operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
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sting sting operation

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"the police conducted a sting operation"
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operation