HyperDic: flimflam

English > 1 sense of the word flimflam:
NOUNactflimflam, bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, hustle, stinga swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
flimflam > pronunciation
Soundsflih'mflae.m
RhymesAbraham ... yam: 73 rhymes with aem...
English > flimflam: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
Synonymsbunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, hustle, sting
Narrowersting operationA complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)
Broaderswindle, cheat, rigThe act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
Spanishbunco, bunko, camelo, engatusamiento, estafa, fraude, timo
Catalanbunco, bunko, entabanada, estafa, frau
Verbsflim-flamdeceive somebody

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