to flimflam
- verb
- /ˈflɪmˌflæm/
- Archaic
:
estafar
- Tourists are often flimflammed by people selling fake tickets outside the stadium.
Examples
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He flimflammed his way into a free meal.
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Don't flimflam me with your excuses!
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The salesman flimflammed the customers with promises of quick riches.
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She realized too late that she had been flimflammed by a clever scam artist.
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The salesman flimflammed the customers into believing they would get rich quickly.
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She was flimflammed by a scam artist who sold her fake investment opportunities.
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Tourists often find themselves flimflammed by con artists selling counterfeit tickets.
Synonyms
326
3.5
To make someone believe something false so you can get what you want
50
7.3
To make up false information to trick people
20
3.9
To trick someone into giving money or their things
14
8.9
To trick someone by using false words or charm
11
8.3
To trick someone by pretending you want to help them
11
9.0
Say things that are not true to make people believe you
8
7.5
To trick someone so they look foolish
4
8.6
Get what you want by tricking people or using clever dishonest methods
3
6.0
Pretend to be a person or website online to trick people
2
4.5
To trick people into believing something false
1
9.5
To trick someone by using clever talk
1
9.4
Sell fake or bad things by tricking someone
1
6.4
To pretend to be or feel something to trick people
1
8.7
To trick someone by pretending to be something they are not
1
8.1
To trick someone who trusts you by hiding your real plans to get something for yourself
To cheat someone using tricks or fake deals
To trick someone as a joke
How Deceptive
- Formal
40
6.9
- Informal
14
8.5
- Archaic
474
1.2
270
3.9
326
3.5
87
3.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb flimflam comes from the same two sounds, flim + flam, giving the image of a quick, clever trick. So to flimflam someone is to 'cheat' or trick them in a dishonest way.