flimflam
noun
a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
flimflammery
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a word derived from
flimflam.
Example Sentences
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In the end, it turned out to be public relations flimflammery.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2022
Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney star in a tale of flimflammery and farce in an affluent Long Island school district.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 20, 2020
To reinforce that point, Nichols makes a conceptual choice that some may find questionable, but which reveals just how much presumption and flimflammery has been involved with the Wrinkles saga.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2019
On their Showtime show, which ran from 2003 to 2010, they attacked such flimflammery as communication with the dead.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2012
I expected a hostile welcome from the spice merchants, who must have seen through Samir’s flimflammery.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
