Flimflam — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/flˈɪmflæm/

🇬🇧British English

/flˈɪmflam/

🇮🇳Indian English

/flˈɪmflam/

2 syllables Say it as /flˈɪmflæm/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

bunko game confidence trick bunco game confidence game gyp hustle con game bunko bunco con sting

Word Forms

bunco	verb	deprive of by deceit
con	verb	deprive of by deceit
gyp	verb	deprive of by deceit
flim-flam	verb	deceive somebody

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

decir algo

una estafa en la que se hace trampa en el juego o se persuade a una persona para que compre una propiedad sin valor

🇮🇹Italian

sciocchezza

una truffa con la quale si imbroglia al gioco d'azzardo o si persuade una persona ad acquistare beni senza valore

🇳🇱Dutch

onzin

een zwendel waarbij u vals speelt bij het gokken of iemand overhaalt waardeloze eigendommen te kopen

🇵🇹Portuguese

trapaça

uma fraude em que você trapaceia no jogo ou convence uma pessoa a comprar uma propriedade sem valor

🇷🇺Russian

вздор

мошенничество, при котором вы обманываете в азартных играх или убеждаете человека купить бесполезное имущество

India

🇮🇳Telugu

ఫ్లిమ్‌ఫ్లామ్

జూదంలో మీరు మోసం చేసే మోసం లేదా విలువలేని ఆస్తిని కొనుగోలు చేయడానికి ఒక వ్యక్తిని ఒప్పించడం

🇮🇳Marathi

फ्लिमफ्लम

एक फसवणूक ज्यामध्ये तुम्ही जुगार खेळताना फसवणूक करता किंवा एखाद्या व्यक्तीला निरुपयोगी मालमत्ता खरेदी करण्यास प्रवृत्त करता

🇮🇳Gujarati

ફ્લિમફ્લેમ

એક છેતરપિંડી જેમાં તમે જુગારમાં છેતરપિંડી કરો છો અથવા વ્યક્તિને નકામી મિલકત ખરીદવા માટે સમજાવો છો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಫ್ಲಿಮ್ಫ್ಲಾಮ್

ಜೂಜಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನೀವು ಮೋಸ ಮಾಡುವ ಅಥವಾ ನಿಷ್ಪ್ರಯೋಜಕ ಆಸ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಖರೀದಿಸಲು ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಮನವೊಲಿಸುವ ವಂಚನೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഫ്ലിംഫ്ലം

ചൂതാട്ടത്തിൽ നിങ്ങൾ വഞ്ചിക്കുന്ന അല്ലെങ്കിൽ വിലയില്ലാത്ത സ്വത്ത് വാങ്ങാൻ ഒരാളെ പ്രേരിപ്പിക്കുന്ന ഒരു തട്ടിപ്പ്

🇵🇰Urdu

فلیمفلم

ایک دھوکہ جس میں آپ جوئے میں دھوکہ دیتے ہیں یا کسی شخص کو بیکار جائیداد خریدنے پر آمادہ کرتے ہیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

胡扯

赌博中作弊或说服某人购买毫无价值的财产的诈骗

🇯🇵Japanese

フリムフラム

ギャンブルで不正行為をしたり、価値のない財産を購入するように人を説得したりする詐欺行為

🇰🇷Korean

엉터리

도박에서 사기를 치거나 가치 없는 재산을 사도록 사람을 설득하는 사기

🇹🇭Thai

ฟลิมแฟม

การฉ้อฉลที่คุณโกงการพนันหรือชักชวนให้ซื้อทรัพย์สินที่ไร้ค่า

🇮🇩Indonesian

menipu

penipuan di mana Anda menipu dalam perjudian atau membujuk seseorang untuk membeli properti yang tidak berharga

Middle East

🇮🇷Persian

فلیم فلام

کلاهبرداری که در آن شما در قمار کلاهبرداری می کنید یا شخصی را متقاعد می کنید که دارایی بی ارزش بخرد

🇮🇱Hebrew

פליפלם

הונאה שבה אתה מרמה בהימורים או משכנע אדם לקנות רכוש חסר ערך

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