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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The word “change” ranks right up there with “new and improved” as among the most powerful pitches in salesmanship, as well as flimflammery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2024
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
Boyle re-creates those sessions in all their supercool flimflammery, along with the haze of legitimacy meant to obscure Leary’s violations of basic medical procedure.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 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
