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
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
Another strand connects to the country's long history of snake oil salesmen, flimflam artists and con men.
From Salon • Oct. 24, 2022
What else would you expect from a virtuoso flimflam artist?
From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022
My blood ran cold thinking ’bout how this boy thought this was all a flimflam, and now he’d gone and let this horrible-looking man snatch ahold of his soul!
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
