flimflammed

Flimflammed is the past tense of flimflam, meaning to swindle or deceive someone through a confidence trick or elaborate deception.

If you've been flimflammed, someone has cheated you out of money or tricked you into believing something false, typically through charm or fast talk rather than force.

The tourists got flimflammed by a street hustler running a shell game.

The word has a playful, old-fashioned quality that can soften the accusation of fraud.