three-card monte

noun

Definition of three-card montenext
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Recent Examples of three-card monte Enter Email Sign Up Related: What Harry Sinden thinks of these record-setting Bruins, and other thoughts Entering weekend play, the Panthers, Islanders, and Penguins remained in a spirited game of three-card monte (no relation to the Bruins coach) to sort out the two wild-card spots in the East. — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023 With this certificate, the shell company – whose sole purpose is to hold and hide assets – becomes one of a series of Russian dolls, each fit snugly into the next, creating a type of three-card monte in which the taxing authorities can never find assets nor owners. — Beverly Moran, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2021 The game is three-card monte. — Robert Pearl, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021 Determining responsibility for hiring underage workers, like determining responsibility for anything else that affects low-wage workers, is a game of three-card monte. — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for three-card monte
Recent Examples of Synonyms for three-card monte
  1. racket
  2. pyramid scheme
  3. Ponzi scheme
  4. jig
  5. dodge
  6. stratagem
  7. device
  8. scheme
Noun
  • According to the Council on Foreign Relations, the Sinaloa Cartel’s international presence is unmatched by any other Mexican criminal group, with a diverse empire of extortion rackets, weapons trading, prostitution and oil theft alongside their drug business.
    — Max Saltman, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Last week, Cristiano Ronaldo turned 40 years old—an age when most athletes have long hung up their cleats, sneakers, tennis rackets or boxing gloves.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Definition of racket
Noun
  • Our society is a pyramid scheme, with the young supporting the old.
    — Emma Green, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
  • There’s a whole pyramid scheme of sorts, and there’s all these other parts of the book that didn’t fit into this story.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2024
Definition of pyramid scheme
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  • With the Ponzi scheme charges resolved, law enforcement turned their attention to the death of Michael Cochran and exhumed the body.
    — Steve Weisman, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • The crime, which federal prosecutors have described in essence as an art-world Ponzi scheme, began in 2018 and involved some 55 artworks.
    — Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Definition of Ponzi scheme
Noun
  • Tiffany Haddish stopped by and did a jig posing with Julianne Hough, and the comedian at one point giddily ran up to photographers to see how her photos came out.
    — Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
  • In the dance halls, Black and Irish musicians and dancers competed, helping complete the fusion of Irish jigs and African gioube (sacred and secular stepping dances) that went back to the 18th century and eventually evolved into tap dancing — a uniquely American dance form.
    — Jay Mwamba, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
Definition of jig
Noun
  • There's a double jump and a small dodge move that can be used in the air, in addition to wall running on select surfaces.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
  • High water levels can slow player movement during rainstorms in the forest, but it can be easily circumvented by using dodge rolls to traverse around quickly.
    — Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2025
Definition of dodge
Noun
  • Its biting satire is complimented by engaging mechanics like the stratagems.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
  • The competitors are in a trancelike state, building a stratagem.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of stratagem
Noun
  • The doctor said that on a Friday night several weeks ago, a patient came in after a heart attack, and a heart assist device was placed on the patient through the groin.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Keep devices no closer than 20 to 28 inches from their eyes.
    — Katie Grant, Parents, 4 Mar. 2025
Definition of device
Noun
  • The 22-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury came after a yearslong federal investigation and alleged Madigan participated in an array of bribery and extortion schemes from 2011 to 2019 aimed at using the power of his office for personal gain.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
  • On Friday, Reardon tossed the case against Mario Juarez, the longtime political operative and twice-failed Oakland City Council candidate who claimed to have been the target of an extortion scheme by Price.
    — Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of scheme

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