flam
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9.9
- noun
- /flæm/
- Archaic
- And then they are going to want to know why and how they got fooled by this flim-flam man.
- flim-flam
Examples
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I'm glad to hear high-pressure, flim-flam sales tactics are still being kept alive by Priority dealerships; I thought they only still existed in timeshare sales.
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The politician's promises were just flam, as he had no intentions of following through.
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A good flim-flam man makes the marks forget what he said or did ten minutes ago by sheer force of personality.
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Answer my point without all the irrelevant flim-flam.
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No economy can withstand the level of flim-flam that we have now institutionalized.
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Andrew Mendelson is a flim-flam artist and a constant prevaricator.
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When will conservatives make these liars, fraudsters, charlatans, grifters, and flim-flam artists pay for their lies?
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We need to plant the idea as widely as possible that Mitt is simply a flim-flam man, no different from a high-pressure salesman trying to get you to buy overpriced cookware.
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The magician's act was full of flam, leaving the audience wondering how the tricks were done.
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He fell victim to the flam of a con artist selling fake antiques.
Synonyms
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2.7
A false statement told to trick someone
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6.1
A false claim or action to hide the truth
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7.4
A false show that hides what is really happening
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4.6
Dishonest action meant to trick someone
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7.7
A clever trick to deceive someone
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4.9
To use dishonest ways to cheat people
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9.5
A trick or excuse to hide the real reason
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9.3
A trick used to cheat people, often to get their money
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7.1
An action or statement that hides the real reason behind something
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9.3
Tricks people use to deceive others to get money or advantage
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6.8
A thing or action made to trick people into thinking it is real
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9.1
False talk or behavior meant to trick people
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4.3
A trick that makes something look like real magic
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9.9
Dishonest actions that try to trick people
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9.7
Dishonest words or actions that try to trick people
Antonyms
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flam meaning a trick comes from the older playful word flimflam, which people used for nonsense talk or a small swindle. So a flam is a 'trick' meant to fool someone.