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To bam-boozle; cheat; hoax; wheedle. [Slang.] This is some conspiracy, I suppose, to bam, to chouse me out of my money. Foote.
To practise hoaxing or imposition. [Slang.]
A cheat; a hoax; an imposition. [Slang.] It was all a bam, madam, a scene we thought proper to act. A. Murphy. To relieve the tedium he kept plying them with all manner of bams. J. Wilson.

The other side of the bam was a pala - tial apartment, with videoscreens on three walls. — Split Infinity
He beat on the door, a rough, frantic bam-bam-bam-bam-bam. — The Night Crew
Your bam is not only aware that he's a bam; he's frequently quite proud of it. — Boiling a frog
An' all de time all you could hear wus de guns goin'--bam, bam, bam--it wus terrible to see an' hear. — Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2
He fired three shots in rapid succession: "Bam, bam, bam-fast as the body fell to the floor. — Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil