flimflam artist/man
noun
informal
: a criminal who steals money from people by tricking them : con man
He lost all his money to a flimflam artist/man.
Examples of flimflam artist/man in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Two years earlier, the end of the relationship between Lala Kent and movie producer Randall Emmett was followed by a Times investigation portraying Emmett as a flimflam man who kept casting Bruce Willis in his schlocky movies despite the actor’s dementia (Emmett denied both charges).
—
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
Critics, meanwhile, pressed claims — never proved — that Mr. Fayed was something of a flimflam man in a bespoke suit and ascot, embellishing his fortune and background.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
Now, Jackman is once again back on Broadway, starring in a bliss-inducing revival of The Music Man, Meredith Willson’s wry and tuneful fable about a traveling flimflam man who meets his Waterloo and the love of his life in small-town Iowa.
—Adam Green, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2022
Yet Luhrmann, in presenting the Dutch-born, never legally emigrated Parker (née Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk) as a master flimflam artist who saw himself as the P.T Barnum of rock ‘n’ roll, revels in a certain fascinating ambivalence.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 May 2022
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
Critics, meanwhile, pressed claims — never proved — that Mr. Fayed was something of a flimflam man in a bespoke suit and ascot, embellishing his fortune and background.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
Now, Jackman is once again back on Broadway, starring in a bliss-inducing revival of The Music Man, Meredith Willson’s wry and tuneful fable about a traveling flimflam man who meets his Waterloo and the love of his life in small-town Iowa.
—Adam Green, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2022
Yet Luhrmann, in presenting the Dutch-born, never legally emigrated Parker (née Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk) as a master flimflam artist who saw himself as the P.T Barnum of rock ‘n’ roll, revels in a certain fascinating ambivalence.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 May 2022
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'flimflam artist/man.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Articles Related to flimflam artist/man
Dictionary Entries Near flimflam artist/man
Cite this Entry
“Flimflam artist/man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flimflam%20artist%2Fman. Accessed 4 Jun. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share