Answer: thimblerig

AnswerCrossword Clue
THIMBLERIGThe shell game.
THIMBLERIGShell game.
THIMBLERIGShell game
THIMBLERIGScam
THIMBLERIGCon
thimbleriga sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea / to cheat by trickery
thimblerigsleight-of-hand swindling game in which the operator palms a pellet or pea while appearing to cover it with one of three thimblelike cups, and then, moving the cups about, offers to bet that no one can tell under which cup the pellet or pea lies
thimblerigto cheat or swindle, as in the traditional shell game known as thimblerig.
thimblerigto cheat by or as by the thimblerig