three card monte

A con game, frequent in the New York subways, involving playing cards.

Never play three card monte; you can't win.

by Cornholio September 29, 2003

ThreeCardMonte

A three-part trick use to manipulate a person into believing that somehow they are the trickster by accusing them of pulling the three card Monty while in reality it was them all along. the second part of the trick is the trickster convincing themselves that their victim was the one pulling the trick. As a result the third part is the trickster has outdone himself and has a false sense of leverage or control to get what they want .

I fell for it again, he tricked me into thinking he thought that I was pulling the threeCardMonte,I reacted which made me seem guilty so he then believed that I did actually do that.

by Asuer000001 May 22, 2023