flim-flam vs travesty

flim-flam

noun
  • Misinformation; bunkum; false information presented as true. 

  • confidence game, con game 

travesty

noun
  • An absurd or grotesque misrepresentation. 

  • A grossly inferior imitation. 

  • A parody or stylistic imitation. 

  • An appalling version of something. 

verb
  • To make a travesty of; to parody. 

How often have the words flim-flam and travesty occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )