Term: sting operation: a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)
Candidate hypernym: fraud: intentional deception resulting in injury to another person → 1
Candidate hypernym: neutron: an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic nucleus → 0
Candidate hypernym: scrag: the lean end of a neck of veal → 0
Candidate hypernym: seemliness: a sense of propriety and consideration for others → 0
Candidate hypernym: lobotomy: surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes → 0
Candidate hypernym: ethnocentrism: belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group → 0
Candidate hypernym: gnomon: indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial → 0
Candidate hypernym: air pump: a pump that moves air in or out of something → 0
Candidate hypernym: semifinalist: one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination → 0
Candidate hypernym: first strike: the initial use of nuclear weapons to attack a country that also has nuclear weapons; considered feasible only when the attacker can destroy the other country's ability to retaliate → 0
Candidate hypernym: code: a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy → 0