英语词汇“flimflam”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A flimflam is a type of scam or con. If you're smart and savvy enough to recognize a flimflam, you won't get cheated out of your money.

When someone plans a complicated scheme for tricking people out of their property or money, it's a flimflam. Many flimflams are some version of a con, or "confidence game," in which the con artist first gains the trust (or "confidence") of the victim, and then swindles money from him. You can also use flimflam as a verb: "He tried to flimflam me out of my entire bank account."

WORD FAMILY

flimflam: flimflammed, flimflamming, flimflams

USAGE EXAMPLES

Indeed, Trump’s real skill has always been as a self-promoter and flimflam man rather than as a creator of successful companies.

The New Yorker(Oct 02, 2016)

“Well, they ain’t naked, but they might as well be. Little purple flimflams—” “Tutus,” prompted Gilly primly, gratefully recovering from her earlier shock.

Katherine Paterson, The Great Gilly Hopkins(1978)

That waffling has revealed that just like Oz, Trump is little more than a humbug, a flimflam man at the end of a long con.

US News(Aug 30, 2016)

n a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, gyp, hustle, sting

sting operation

a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)

cheat, rig, swindle

the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

单词	flimflam
释义	flimflam (once / 73871 pages) n A flimflam is a type of scam or con. If you're smart and savvy enough to recognize a flimflam, you won't get cheated out of your money. When someone plans a complicated scheme for tricking people out of their property or money, it's a flimflam. Many flimflams are some version of a con, or "confidence game," in which the con artist first gains the trust (or "confidence") of the victim, and then swindles money from him. You can also use flimflam as a verb: "He tried to flimflam me out of my entire bank account." WORD FAMILY flimflam: flimflammed, flimflamming, flimflams USAGE EXAMPLES Indeed, Trump’s real skill has always been as a self-promoter and flimflam man rather than as a creator of successful companies. The New Yorker(Oct 02, 2016) “Well, they ain’t naked, but they might as well be. Little purple flimflams—” “Tutus,” prompted Gilly primly, gratefully recovering from her earlier shock. Katherine Paterson, The Great Gilly Hopkins(1978) That waffling has revealed that just like Oz, Trump is little more than a humbug, a flimflam man at the end of a long con. US News(Aug 30, 2016) n a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, gyp, hustle, sting sting operation a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals) cheat, rig, swindle the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
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