flimflam
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Synonyms for flimflam
Synonyms: Noun
artifice, device, dodge, fetch, gambit, gimmick, jig, juggle, knack, play, ploy, ruse, scheme, shenanigan, sleight, stratagem, trick, wile
Synonyms: Verb
beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, fleece, gaff, gyp, hose [slang], hustle, mulct, nobble [British slang], pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimize
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Examples of flimflam in a Sentence
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The report is just a lot of corporate flimflam. giving the new guy at work her cell phone numberāāin case of an emergencyāāwas just a flimflam to pique his romantic interest
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The far-reaching, proposed climate legislation championed by liberal lawmakers Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey, and derided by Trump as economic flimflam, aims to tackle climate change. ā Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY, "2020 Democrats: Climate change comes off the backburner as White House hopefuls take on President Trump," 5 Sep. 2019 Votersā civic duty lies in applying their best judgment to separate the fact from the flimflam. ā Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, "A āNo Dealā Brexit Can Save the European Union," 17 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'flimflam.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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