STING OPERATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does sting operation mean? • STING OPERATION (noun)
The noun STING OPERATION has 1 sense:
1. a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)
Familiarity information: STING OPERATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• STING OPERATION (noun)
Meaning:
A complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sting operation" is a kind of...):
bunco; bunco game; bunko; bunko game; con; con game; confidence game; confidence trick; flimflam; gyp; hustle; sting (a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property)
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