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scam
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1scam

noun \ˈskam\

Definition of SCAM

: a fraudulent or deceptive act or operation <an insurance scam>
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Examples of SCAM

  1. She was the victim of an insurance scam.
  2. a sophisticated credit card scam

Origin of SCAM

origin unknown
First Known Use: 1963

Related to SCAM

Synonyms
bunco (or bunko), con, fiddle [chiefly British], flimflam, gyp, hustle, fraud, shell game, sting, swindle

Rhymes with SCAM

bam, cam, clam, cram, dam, damn, drachm, dram, DRAM, flam, gam, gram, ham, Ham, jam, jamb, lam, lamb, ma'am, pram, ram, RAM, Sam, SAM, scram, sham, slam, spam, tam, tram, wham, yam

2scam

transitive verb
scammedscam·ming

Definition of SCAM

1
: deceive, defraud
2
: to obtain (as money) by a scam
— scam·mer noun

Examples of SCAM

  1. The company scammed hundreds of people out of their life savings.
  2. I could tell they were scamming you and charging too much.
  3. They scammed a lot of money from unwary customers.

First Known Use of SCAM

1963

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