Flimflam
Flimflam noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Usage example: giving the new guy at work her cell phone number—“in case of an emergency”—was just a flimflam to pique his romantic interest
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Hoax and Flimflam. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/flimflam/hoax
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Hoax or Flimflam. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/flimflam/hoax.
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