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noun

plural of flimflam

as in ruses

a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end giving the new guy at work her cell phone number—"in case of an emergency"—was just a flimflam to pique his romantic interest

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as in scams

an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value just the latest Internet flimflam to get e-mail recipients to reveal bank account numbers and other personal information

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flimflams

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verb

present tense third-person singular of flimflam

as in cheats

to rob by the use of trickery or threats everyone likes to think that they're too smart to be flimflammed by anyone

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Last year, more than 40,000 Chinese people were detained in Myanmar over scams and deported to China.

Hannah Beech, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
In the summer of 2024, New York Attorney General Letitia James warned about investment scams using deepfake videos of celebrities like Warren Buffett and Elon Musk to lure investors.

Steven Smith, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024

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