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
Often the updates help keep you safe by patching loopholes in previous versions of software that scammers exploited.
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Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Sometimes, scammers will claim that Medicare is switching to a card with a chip in it.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Think scammers, con artists and deceptive individuals who operate in plain sight.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
The postal service website explains that scammers often use publicly available addresses to ship cheap or empty packages.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
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Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Sometimes, scammers will claim that Medicare is switching to a card with a chip in it.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Think scammers, con artists and deceptive individuals who operate in plain sight.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
The postal service website explains that scammers often use publicly available addresses to ship cheap or empty packages.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scammer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scammer
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What’s your favorite cheat food?—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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Most victims begin by searching for free or cracked software, cheat tools or game hacks, which is the root of the infection chain.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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But my collection intentionally ignored the fraudulent exploits of billionaire heirs, tax dodgers and corporate magnates — defense contracts, government lobbying, bank accounts in Switzerland, shell companies in Panama, citizenship of Antigua and political asylum in London.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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Denise Rich, a Democratic donor, gave four hundred and fifty thousand dollars to his Presidential-library foundation, and Clinton, on his final day in office, pardoned her ex-husband, Marc Rich, a tax dodger and a sanctions evader who’d fled to Switzerland.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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After several moments, the shark managed to wriggle free and return to the ocean unharmed.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Take along snorkel gear—every stop is a chance to swim with sea turtles and even the occasional reef shark.—
Carla Vianna,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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But he's been a swindler his entire life.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Nov. 2025
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Serial swindlers and men prone to violence are among the seven people Colorado’s gambling regulators have banned for life from casinos since the state created a system last year for barring problem bettors.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Scammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scammer. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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