The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thimblerigging
Thimblerig \Thim"ble*rig`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thimblerigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Thimblerigging.] To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick.
Wiktionary
thimblerigging
vb. (present participle of thimblerig English)
Usage examples of "thimblerigging".
Certain Caledonian Assembly bureaucrats with private agendas, professional sharpsters, sleazy corner-cutters, and thimblerigging entrepreneurs came to view her as a holy terror.