STING OPERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sting operation mean? 

• STING OPERATION (noun)
  The noun STING OPERATION has 2 senses:

1. a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)

2. operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act

  Familiarity information: STING OPERATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STING OPERATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("sting operation" is a kind of...):

bunco; bunco game; bunko; bunko game; con; con game; confidence game; confidence trick; flimflam; hustle; sting (a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

sting; sting operation

Context example:

the police conducted a sting operation

Hypernyms ("sting operation" is a kind of...):

operation (a planned activity involving many people performing various actions)