as in fraud
an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value
that's just a scam to bilk insurance companies for staged accidents
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Recent Examples of scam
Here’s what to know about the scam: What do fake unpaid toll texts look like?
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Kendrick Marshall, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Vet the debt-relief company Not all debt-relief companies offer reliable service, and the industry is vulnerable to scams.
—Dana Miranda, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
An investigation identified over 6,500 victims affected by the scam across four different counties in the state, according to the attorney general's office.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
How the tax fraud worked Starting in 2014, the Justice Department said, Brown worked a pretty simple tax scam on his business clients.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
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Kendrick Marshall, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Vet the debt-relief company Not all debt-relief companies offer reliable service, and the industry is vulnerable to scams.
—Dana Miranda, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
An investigation identified over 6,500 victims affected by the scam across four different counties in the state, according to the attorney general's office.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
How the tax fraud worked Starting in 2014, the Justice Department said, Brown worked a pretty simple tax scam on his business clients.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scam
Noun
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Republicans defend the changes as necessary to prevent fraud in the petition-gathering process, but bill sponsors said that among hundreds of allegations of petition fraud in 2024, there were 18 arrests.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
3 May 2025
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Both were eventually convicted on various counts of wire and securities fraud, as well as money laundering.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
2 May 2025
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Then, speaking of swindles, Jeffrey Toobin explains why no one can stop Trump from handing out pardons.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
12 Apr. 2025
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The Minnesota Supreme Court has banned Woodbury attorney Kristi McNeilly from practicing law in the state, three years after she was convicted of theft by swindle for stealing $15,000 from a man who hired her to defend him in a drug case.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Don’t want forwarded messages about how climate change is a hoax?—
Ars Staff,
ArsTechnica,
7 May 2025
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The document was a hoax—the work of a political satirist—but, as Tinline shows in this riveting history, it was taken seriously by numerous news outlets and by readers, even after it was exposed as a sham five years later.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
Noun
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But a week after the El Paso music festival, organizers gathered to weigh the pros and the cons of hosting in Chicago, said Nieto Hundreds have commented on the news.—
Laura Rodríguez Presa,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2025
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Here’s a look at the pros and cons of eating animal-style.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
7 May 2025
Noun
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The project looks at the 1980s rise and fall of Joe Hunt and young and wealthy men who made up an exclusive investment group who descended into a fraud scheme that led to murder.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
1 May 2025
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The fraud scheme The murder was part of a broader financial fraud scheme.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
1 May 2025
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“Scam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scam. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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