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flimflam
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flim·flam  (flmflm) Informal
n.
1. Nonsense; humbug.
2. A deception; a swindle.
tr.v. flim·flammed, flim·flam·ming, flim·flams
To swindle; cheat.
[Probably of Scandinavian origin.]
flimflammer n.
flimflammer·y n.
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Noun1.flimflam - a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, gyp, hustle, con, sting
sting operation - a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)
swindle, cheat, rig - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
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At my age, I have been scammed and flimflammed by the best of them, but the firm paid by Waste Management to compile the Bradley Landfill EIR is real good.
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The national interest," "the domino theory," "national honor"--for eight more excruciating years, we were flimflammed and hoodwinked and harangued and preachified--but nobody could ever explain with any credibility why we were fighting a war in Vietnam.
"I sing of arms and the man." (the ghosts of war) by Appleman, Philip / The Humanist
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