flimflam

Example Sentences

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He has spent the past two years framing his former partner as “Scam Altman”—something of an AI-era flimflam man.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

“They were dying off,” Whitehead writes, “the old crooks and hustlers and flimflam artists, or upstate after an ill-advised scheme to cover medical bills or six months’ back pay or new teeth.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2023

That experience has made him allergic to both audience participation and flimflam, so they had decided on a format that was closer to an interview.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023

"There was a lot of flimflam with him. He conned me pretty good."

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2022

He just as quick snatched it away and said, “I told you you were going to watch this. You can learn about how a flimflam works.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis