Thesaurus results for FLIMFLAM

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noun

ˈflim-ˌflam

as in ruse

a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end giving the new guy at work her cell phone number—"in case of an emergency"—was just a flimflam to pique his romantic interest

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as in scam

an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value just the latest Internet flimflam to get e-mail recipients to reveal bank account numbers and other personal information

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verb

as in to cheat

to rob by the use of trickery or threats everyone likes to think that they're too smart to be flimflammed by anyone

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Recent Examples of flimflam

Noun

Instead, Democrats should present voters with a material choice between a party that has nothing to offer the majority of Americans but abuse and conspiratorial flimflam and a party committed to building a democracy and an economy that work for all. —

Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 5 Feb. 2021 Might that statement actually be a bit of protective flimflam? —

Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2020

Verb

But liars like Kari Lake, who lost a bid for Arizona governor by parroting former President Trump’s falsehoods and hopes now to flimflam her way to a Senate seat, are only the most visible threat to our system of democracy. —

Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for flimflam

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Matty, for her part, isn’t worried about getting in any real trouble if her ruse is uncovered.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
But some of the writers fell for the alleged ruse, which eventually involved the literary agent from a company called PageTurner Press & Media asking for advance payments for services such as book insurance, hiring editors to help update the book or hiring publicists to promote it.

— Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025