three-card montes

plural of three-card monte

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for three-card montes
Noun
  • With natural, biodegradable, and inexpensive components, such batteries could one day provide an eco-friendly alternative for powering homes or small devices without relying on toxic metals or complex supply chains.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Officials suspect that three explosive devices were dropped in the parking lot.
    Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But what the Mets really specialized in was stealing, robbing banks, selling drugs, planting evidence, doing Mob hits and selling civil-service exams, among other rackets.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The Company’s rackets included gambling, human trafficking, marijuana trafficking and labor corruption.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When the surface bite slows, Zaremba switches to bucktail jigs and Rat-L-Traps, which can be worked deeper.
    Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
  • By printing jigs, control surfaces, and structural shells, firms cut weeks to days in iteration cycles, incorporate field feedback rapidly, and lower unit costs, which is key when loss rates for FPV and small ISR drones are measured per day in high-intensity conditions.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Three-card montes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/three-card%20montes. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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