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

• unforethoughtful
• unforfeitable
• unforgettable
• unforgettably
• unforgivable
• unforgivably
• unforgiving
• unforgivingly
• unformatted capacity
• unformed
• unforthcoming
• unfortunate
• unfortunate person
• unfortunately
• unfounded
• unframed
• unfree
• unfreeze
• unfrequented
• unfretted
• unfriended
• unfriendliness
• unfriendly
• unfrightened
• unfrock