1 definition by Tom D. Gaul
A version of the Murphy Game, a confidence trick used to gain money and valuables from a victim. Basically a combination of extortion and strong arm robbery.
A male and female team carries out this con. The female entices a male mark, preferably a married business man, to come back to her apartment or hotel room. The mark thinks he is going to have sexual relations with her. She gets her victim to start disrobing.
At some point her male accomplice (often her boyfriend or husband) bursts into the room (outside door, from another room, or a closet). He threatens to beat up the victim and/or to tell his wife if he doesn't hand over his money and possibly any jewelry in his possession.
A male and female team carries out this con. The female entices a male mark, preferably a married business man, to come back to her apartment or hotel room. The mark thinks he is going to have sexual relations with her. She gets her victim to start disrobing.
At some point her male accomplice (often her boyfriend or husband) bursts into the room (outside door, from another room, or a closet). He threatens to beat up the victim and/or to tell his wife if he doesn't hand over his money and possibly any jewelry in his possession.
The detective wasn't buying the victim's story about being held up in a dark alley. He knew a local bar fly and her boyfriend were using the badger game to rob out of town businessmen like this poor slob.
by Tom D. Gaul August 22, 2022