THREE-CARD MONTE Synonyms: 39 Similar Words

three-card monte

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Recent Examples of three-card monte These characters are fluent in three-card monte rap, no cards required. — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025 Smith, according to law enforcement, was basically playing three-card monte with wire transfers and bogus bank statements to help cover his high times and high-risk investments. — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2024 Booth, a street hustler, wants Lincoln to teach him three-card monte, a game Lincoln mastered before giving it up for a respectable, if demoralizing, job. — Imani Perry Janina Edwards Krish Seenivasan Devin Murphy, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024 Or can one side be played as a sucker during a game of three-card monte on the sidewalk outside the dingy bus terminal? — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for three-card monte

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Noun

Prosecutors label him a central player in a complex, multibillion-dollar fuel-smuggling racket linked to cartels.

— Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
After practicing with a racket with no strings to keep his groundstroke rhythm without jeopardizing the joint, Alcaraz is hitting balls again.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 30 July 2026

Definition of racket

Noun

Among them was the founder of a major pyramid scheme that defrauded thousands of Colombians of their savings, as well as Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman with close ties to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who was later extradited to the United States on money-laundering charges.

— John Otis, NPR, 21 June 2026
Attention online—which is to say, the modern entertainment industry at large—can look a bit like a pyramid scheme, with each lower layer trying to siphon a segment of audience away from the more famous one above.

— Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2026

Definition of pyramid scheme

Noun

Jason Cloth — who has producer credits on Babylon, Joker, Longlegs, and House of Gucci — was arrested in Chicago for allegedly running a $100 million Ponzi scheme.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 July 2026
Jason Cloth, a film producer with dozens of credits including Joker, Longlegs and Babylon, is facing numerous federal fraud charges and decades in prison in connection with a Ponzi scheme that bilked investors of more than $100 million.

— Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 29 July 2026

Definition of Ponzi scheme

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By publishing interface dimensions for custom jigs and providing a software SDK, Morpho allows users and partners to design their own fixtures, create custom workflows, and extend the machine for new applications.

— Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 20 July 2026
Upsize your jig trailers, go with a larger worm on your Texas rig, or tie on a full-size topwater plug.

— David A. Brown, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026

Definition of jig

Noun

Waggling the controller for light and heavy attacks while pressing the buttons to parry, blow, and dodge reminded me of the motion-control scheme Capcom implemented for Street Fighter 6's Switch 2 port.

— Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026
While the fuel-oil tax-dodge is a relatively recent phenomenon, purloined Mexican fuel, known simply as huachicol, has circulated for decades.

— Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of dodge

Noun

Photograph by Glen Wilson / Lionsgate Fuqua’s low-key approach is both a natural expression of his personality and a shrewd stratagem to reassure people around him that everything is under control.

— Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Through Elizabeth’s rise from servant to visionary who resisted Henry VIII’s break with the Roman Catholic Church to gain a divorce, Brown explores historical women’s stratagems for self-determination.

— Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2026

Definition of stratagem

Noun

If a young person spends much of their day on a digital device during the summer, giving it up on the first day of school is going to be an enormous challenge.

— Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
Future studies will need to determine exactly which magnetic state emerges and whether it can be reliably controlled in real-world devices.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of device

Noun

New lighting and wall labels, redesigned layouts, and the introduction of new services are all aimed at enhancing the visitor experience, while the Uffizi will protect its treasures through improved conservation and security schemes.

— News Desk, Artforum, 7 Aug. 2026
Taylor Farms alleges that Brian Thune confessed to the scheme in a March 16 phone call with company officials and again confessed and apologized for his actions in an April 8 voicemail to Taylor Farms Chief Executive Officer Bruce Taylor.

— James Powel, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of scheme

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