Flimflam crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 letters

When faced with “Flimflam”, it helps to work from known examples. These answers were selected because they’ve appeared in puzzles using nearly the same clue text and structure.

Answers:

Synonyms and Definitions

HOAX

• Synonyms: dupery, fraud, fraudulence, humbug, play a joke on, pull someones leg, put-on

NONSENSE

• Synonyms: bunk, falderol, folderal, frill, gimcrack, gimcrackery, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsensical, nonsensicality, trumpery

SCAM

• Synonyms: bunco, con, cozenage, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, short-change, swindle, victimize

FRAUD

• Synonyms: fake, faker, hoax, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer

CON

• Synonyms: bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, convict, hustle, inmate, learn, memorise, memorize, scam, sting, yard bird, yardbird
• Definition: a disagreement against a suggested plan

BILK

• Synonyms: baffle, cross, elude, evade, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart

ROOK

• Synonyms: castle, corvus frugilegus