flimflam

n.

1. Nonsense; humbug.
2. A deception; a swindle.

tr.v., -flammed, -flam·ming, -flams.
To swindle; cheat.

[Probably of Scandinavian origin.]

flimflammer flim'flam'mer n.
flimflammery flim'flam'mer·y n.

noun

An act of cheating: cheat, fraud, swindle, victimization. Slang gyp. See honest/dishonest.

verb

To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery: bilk, cheat, cozen, defraud, gull, mulct, rook, swindle, victimize. Informal chisel, take, trim. Slang diddle¹, do, gyp, stick, sting. See honest/dishonest.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
  Synonyms: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vrøvl, løgn, nummer
v. tr. - lave et nummer med, tage ved næsen

Nederlands (Dutch)
bedrog, (misleidende) onzin, bedriegen

Français (French)
n. - balivernes, coup fourré, escroquerie
v. tr. - rouler, escroquer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Blödsinn, Betrug
v. - betrügen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) απάτη, εξαπάτηση, κουραφέξαλα
v. - (καθομ.) παραμυθιάζω, εξαπατώ

Italiano (Italian)
fandonia, imbrogliare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - embuste (m)
v. - enganar

Русский (Russian)
ерунда, вздор, одурачивать

Español (Spanish)
n. - tontería, fruslería, engaño, fraude
v. tr. - engañar, embaucar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dumheter, humbug
v. - lura

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
胡说, 荒唐, 胡扯, 骗, 骗取

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 胡說, 荒唐, 胡扯
v. tr. - 騙, 騙取

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 엉터리, 터무니 없는 소리, 사기
v. tr. - 속이다, 사기 치다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - でたらめ, 戯言, ごまかし
v. - ペテンにかける, ごまかす
adj. - ごまかしの, でたらめの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خداع (فعل) يخدع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שטויות, דברים בטלים, רמאות‬
v. tr. - ‮רימה‬

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