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scam
(skăm) Informaln.
A fraudulent business scheme; a swindle.
tr.v. scammed, scam·ming, scams
To defraud; swindle.
[Origin unknown.]
scam′mer n.
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scam
(skæm)n
a stratagem for gain; a swindle
vb, scams, scamming or scammed
(tr) to swindle (someone) by means of a trick
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scam
(skæm)n., v. scammed, scam•ming. n.
1. a fraudulent scheme; swindle.
v.t. 2. to cheat; defraud.
v.i. 3. scam on, Slang.
a. to kiss and caress; make out with.
b. to have sexual intercourse with.
[1960–65; orig. carnival argot; of obscure orig.]
scam′mer, n.
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| Noun | 1. |  scam - a fraudulent business scheme |
| Verb | 1. |  scam - deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, swindle, short-change, victimize short, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough money |
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scam
noun (Slang) swindle, fiddle, racket, stratagem, diddle The duo set up a scam to settle their respective debts.
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bondefangersvindel
BetrugVorschussbetrug
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prevara
scam
imbroglioscam
詐欺
사기
oszustwoscam
fraudepilantragem
lurendrejerisvindel
เล่ห์อุบาย
hành động lừa đảo
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