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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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For example, technology that fights scams and money mules is being adopted to combat the numerous new types of fraud appearing on the horizon.

Craig Costigan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The Social Security Administration has warned that the number of online scams has surged as scammers try to take advantage of a bump in benefits.

Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024

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