HyperDic: flimflam

English > 1 sense of the word *flimflam*:
NOUN	act	flimflam, bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, hustle, sting	a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

flimflam > pronunciation
Sounds	flih'mflae.m
Rhymes	Abraham ... yam: 73 rhymes with aem...

English > *flimflam*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
Synonyms	bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, hustle, sting
Narrower	sting operation	A complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)
Broader	swindle, cheat, rig	The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
Spanish	bunco, bunko, camelo, engatusamiento, estafa, fraude, timo
Catalan	bunco, bunko, entabanada, estafa, frau
Verbs	flim-flam	deceive somebody