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scam S0119000 (skăm) Informal n. A fraudulent business scheme; a swindle.tr.v. scammed, scam·ming, scams To defraud; swindle. [Origin unknown.] scam′mer n.scam (skæm) na stratagem for gain; a swindlevb, scams, scamming or scammed (tr) to swindle (someone) by means of a trickscam (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. ThesaurusNoun | 1. | scam - a fraudulent business scheme cozenageswindle, cheat, rig - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud" | 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, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, swindle, short-change, victimizeshort, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough moneycheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" |
scamnoun (Slang) swindle, fiddle, racket, stratagem, diddle The duo set up a scam to settle their respective debts.Translationsscam
scam on (one)1. To attempt to swindle, hustle, or cheat one. There is a whole organization of people who try to scam on people over the phone and through email. I'm not scamming on you—I'm offering to sell you something for a fair price.2. slang To attempt to seduce or romance one; to hit on one. Dinah said she had seen my boyfriend scamming on some girl outside a club the other night, but I didn't want to believe it. All Dave wants to do is go get hammered and spend the entire night scamming on girls. It gets so boring after a while.See also: on, scamWhat's the scam? and What's the deal?Sl. What is going on around here? (Often implies that something seems to be wrong.) There's a big rumpus down the hall. What's the scam? I gave you a twenty, and you give me five back? What's the deal? Where's my other five?scam (skæm)1. n. a swindle; a hustle. I lost a fortune in that railroad scam. 2. tv. to swindle someone; to deceive someone. They were scammed by a sweet-talking southern lady who took all their money. 3. in. to seek out and pick up young women, said of males. (Collegiate.) Bob was out scamming last night and ran into Clare. 4. in. to copulate. All you ever want to do is scam. 5. in. to fool around and waste time. Quit scamming and get busy. What’s the scam? and What’s the deal? interrog. What is going on around here?; Explain what is happening or what you are doing. What’s the scam? What’s happening, dude? I gave you a twenty, and you give me five back? What’s the deal? Where’s my other five? scam
scam(1) A hustle, racket or swindle. See phishing, ransomware and malware.
(2) (SCAM) (SCSI Configured AutoMatically) A subset of Plug and Play that allowed SCSI IDs to be changed by software rather than by flipping switches or changing jumpers. Both the SCSI host adapter and peripheral must support SCAM. See SCSI.FinancialSeePhishingSCAM
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SCAM➣SCSI Configuration Automatically | SCAM➣Société Civile des Auteurs Multimédia (France: Civil Society of Multimedia Authors) | SCAM➣Scsi Configured Automatically | SCAM➣System for Content or Article Management | SCAM➣Sample Cartridge Automatic Exchange Mechanism | SCAM➣Scsi Configuration Automation Method | SCAM➣Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (IEEE International Workshop) | SCAM➣so-Called Alternative Medicine | SCAM➣substituted-cysteine-accessibility method | SCAM➣South Carolina Association of Magicians | SCAM➣Superconducting camera | SCAM➣Standard Content Archive Management | SCAM➣Supreme Court and the Attitudinal Model | SCAM➣Suffolk College Alternative Music (radio station; UK) | SCAM➣Surveillance Control Alarm Maintenance | SCAM➣Scanning and Alarm Monitoring | SCAM➣Spare Capacity Assignment Model | SCAM➣Structural Composite Armor Materials | SCAM➣Simple Cordless Alpha Monitor | SCAM➣State Coordination Management Council | SCAM➣Stingy about giving out personal information, Check your financial information regularly, Ask periodically for a copy of your credit report, Maintain careful records of your banking and financial accounts (mnemonic to avoid identity theft) |
scam Related to scam: Snopes, SACMSynonyms for scamnoun swindleSynonyms- swindle
- fiddle
- racket
- stratagem
- diddle
Synonyms for scamnoun a fraudulent business schemeSynonymsRelated Wordsverb deprive of by deceitSynonyms- bunco
- con
- defraud
- diddle
- gip
- goldbrick
- gyp
- hornswoggle
- mulct
- nobble
- rook
- swindle
- short-change
- victimize
Related Words- short
- short-change
- cheat
- rip off
- chisel
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