1. A fraudulent business scheme
   - cozenage [archaic], rort [Austral]

1. Deprive of by deceit
   - victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick [N. Amer], nobble [Brit], diddle, bunco [N. Amer], defraud, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle [N. Amer], short-change, con, victimise [Brit], grift [N. Amer], ream [N. Amer]

Derived forms: scammed, scams, scamming

See also: scammer

Type of: cheat, chisel, rig, rip off, swindle

Encyclopedia: Scam

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