informal
1
: dishonest behavior meant to take money or property from someone
—usually used before another noun
He lost all his money to a flimflam artist/man. [=a criminal who steals money from people by tricking them; a con man]
2
: foolish or deceptive words : nonsense
The report is just a lot of corporate flimflam.
flimflams; flimflammed; flimflamming
informal
: to trick (someone) in order to steal money
Investors now realize that they have been flimflammed. [=conned]
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“Flimflam.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/flimflam. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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