as in cheat
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
Internet scammers who never seem to run out of swindles
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Recent Examples of scammer
Red flags to look out for A lot of legitimate and reliable debt settlement companies exist, but the industry is also rife with scammers preying on debtors desperate for relief.
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Dana Miranda, CNBC, 13 June 2025
Apple is improving call screening to help users gauge when a call from an unknown number may be a scammer or telemarketer.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 June 2025
When an unsuspecting customer tries to purchase a gift card that has been tampered with, the money is diverted to scammers instead of being loaded onto the card.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2025
Around 100 people were approached by the scammer, whose name, bank details and bank address we and writer Anette Martinsen linked to a person called Agnieszka Falkowska.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 June 2025
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Dana Miranda, CNBC, 13 June 2025
Apple is improving call screening to help users gauge when a call from an unknown number may be a scammer or telemarketer.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 June 2025
When an unsuspecting customer tries to purchase a gift card that has been tampered with, the money is diverted to scammers instead of being loaded onto the card.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2025
Around 100 people were approached by the scammer, whose name, bank details and bank address we and writer Anette Martinsen linked to a person called Agnieszka Falkowska.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scammer
Noun
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As for the other goodies in this collection, each game has a handy rewind function, as well as cheats and all manner of screen filters.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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Which is why when Lowe − an avid follower of the low-carb Atkins diet for decades and the diet's brand spokesperson since 2018 − has an occasional cheat day, all bets are off.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
13 June 2025
Noun
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Try, try again Speaking of classes, the eight options here tend to fall into the usual archetypes for this kind of action-adventure game: the tank, the mage, the defensive specialist, the dextrous dodger, etc.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2025
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The layoffs of roughly 7,000 Internal Revenue Service probationary workers beginning this week probably mean the end of the agency’s plan to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collection, experts say.—
Fatima Hussein,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Working-class residents battle with an upper-class outsider regarding the best way to kill the shark.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2025
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Methylmercury accumulates up the food chain, so apex predators such as sharks, tuna and swordfish have the highest concentrations.—
Tara Haelle,
Scientific American,
25 June 2025
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“Scammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scammer. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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