bondfångare

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Swedish

Man inviting people to play an illegal shell game.

Etymology

Calque of German Bauernfänger. By surface analysis, bonde (peasant) +‎ fångare (catcher).

Noun

bondfångare n

  1. confidence trickster, someone who exploits someone’s fatuity or credulity
  2. a type of Chinese finger trap made of woven birchbark
    Synonym: fingerfälla (finger trap)

Usage notes

  • This term is generally gender-neutral but can also specifically refer to a male practitioner. It can be used to describe both male and female individuals. The related term bondfångerska is a strictly female equivalent.

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