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
Four scammers have been charged with stealing at least $38,000 from Walmart shoppers in Pennsylvania by allegedly using skimmers placed on self-checkout terminals.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 6 May 2026
McCarron says no one in federal law enforcement would ever do what this scammer did.
—Dorothy Tucker, CBS News, 6 May 2026
Social engineering is a type of fraud scheme used to trick victims into providing scammers with passwords, PINs and other personal information.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
By February 2025, the scammers had stopped responding.
—Naisha Roy, ProPublica, 29 Apr. 2026
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 6 May 2026
McCarron says no one in federal law enforcement would ever do what this scammer did.
—Dorothy Tucker, CBS News, 6 May 2026
Social engineering is a type of fraud scheme used to trick victims into providing scammers with passwords, PINs and other personal information.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
By February 2025, the scammers had stopped responding.
—Naisha Roy, ProPublica, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scammer
Noun
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Matching sets are my favorite travel cheat code, and this skirt set might be the chicest one in my cart right now.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
6 May 2026
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Migrant welfare cheats exposed!—
The Hill,
The Hill,
5 May 2026
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Ukraine faces severe personnel shortages with around 200,000 military desertions and 2 million draft-dodgers, threatening its ability to sustain the war against Russia’s 2022 invasion.—
Kirsten Grieshaber,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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Almost all other passengers dine at the Britannia Restaurant, and there’s also a buffet restaurant serving international cuisine, with options for vegans, vegetarians and dairy dodgers.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Jan. 2026
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While the director’s last studio hit, 1999’s Deep Blue Sea, shares shark DNA, the new thriller’s roots are deeply embedded in 1970s disaster movies, not least the truly dreadful Airport ’77.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Apr. 2026
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Guest shark Rashaun Williams strapped on his court shoes, wiped them on their mini mat and stomped onto their court.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Apr. 2026
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The decade ended tumultuously, with the Osmond family’s fortune drained by a series of swindlers and grifters.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
21 Apr. 2026
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The New York Times later reported that Bankman-Fried was placed in solitary confinement because the crypto swindler violated the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ rules.—
Andrew Zucker,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Scammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scammer. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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