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
Don't get this wrong – Odenkirk is at his funniest when Saul Goodman turns on his fast-talking flimflam.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2022
As the focus of the story shifts to their dangerous flimflam, “Nightmare Alley” loses a bit of steam.
From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2021
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
