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

When the then-president tried to flimflam him with misleading statistics at one point, Swan replied with precision, detail and follow-up.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 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

Don't get this wrong – Odenkirk is at his funniest when Saul Goodman turns on his fast-talking flimflam.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 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