Flimflam

//ˈflɪmflæm// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of flim-flam. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "Those who got the joke understood that all of the city’s talk of ideas and principles was flimflam to conceal self-enrichment at the public’s expense. Those who didn’t, didn’t."

  2. 2
    a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To swindle or cheat.

Synonyms

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buncobalderdashballot-box stuffingballsbaloneybamboozle

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"Those who got the joke understood that all of the city’s talk of ideas and principles was flimflam to conceal self-enrichment at the public’s expense. Those who didn’t, didn’t."

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