Murphy game

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Murphy game

noun Murphy games

Any of several confidence tricks in which something worthless is substituted for something of value, often in a sealed envelope.
A confidence trick in which a supposed pimp takes money from a client to procure a prostitute, but disappears with the money.

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@misc{murphy_game_2026,
  title = {Murphy game},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/murphy%20game},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}