Thesaurus results for SHELL GAME

shell game

noun

as in scam

an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value it's amazing how intelligent people fall for that investment-fund shell game

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Recent Examples on the Web Congress should therefore legislate an end to anonymous corporations and shed light on shell games and illicit operations by requiring those who control companies to declare themselves. —

Ely Ratner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2019 Perhaps 11-year-olds would have gotten burned in Trump’s shell game. —

David McGrath, Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2024 There’s a potential shell game here — in theory, EMTALA is simply a funding condition on hospitals, not a regulatory rule applied to doctors — but at minimum, the Court has enshrined the solicitor general’s situational concessions on the conscience point in a unanimous opinion. —

The Editors, National Review, 14 June 2024 Anybody hear similar sneering now on this latest shell game? —

Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shell game