The Clue
Flimflammery (4 letter answer)
The Answer
CONS
Tags
Notes
The answer CONS is common and appears about once every 325 puzzles.
Related Clues
Bamboozles
Cheats
Deceives
Hoodwinks
Hustles
Peruses
Scams
Swindles
Tricks
Bad points
Cooler fill
Negative points
Not pros
Pen denizens
Pen fill
Pokey dwellers
Reasons against
Slammer occupants
Takes for a ride
Those against
Turnkey taunters
Victimizes in a scam
Alcatraz population, once
Reasons to vote no
These oppose pros
Definition
CON as a noun:
1. an argument opposed to a proposal
2. (convict, con, inmate, jail bird, jailbird, gaolbird, yard bird, yardbird) = a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
3. (bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam) = a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
CON as a verb:
1. (victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con) = deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
2. (memorize, memorise, con, learn) = commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"