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Flimflam

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Nonsense; humbug.

n. A deception; a swindle.

v. To swindle; cheat.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. nonsense

n. deception

v. To swindle or cheat

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A freak; a trick; a lie.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A freak; a trick; an imposition or deception.

To cheat out of (money), as in making or receiving change or the like.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. deceive somebody

n. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

Word Usage

"He characterized as a flimflam my Medicare Advantage amendment to the health-care bill that would transitionally protect the benefits of nearly a million seniors currently enrolled in these plans."

Verb Form

flimflammed flimflamming flimflams

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

deceive cozen delude lead on

Variant

flimflammed flimflamming

Hyponym

snooker

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

freak trick lie deception deceive

Same Context

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