| 单词 | scam |
| 释义 | scam (once / 6264 pages) nv A scam is a sneaky or dishonest plan that's meant to con someone. A diet scam, for example, falsely claims that people will lose weight if they buy special pills or drinks. A scam is basically a hoax dressed up to look like a real business plan, worthwhile invention, or investment idea. Scams are almost always designed to make money for their creators. You can also use the word as a verb: "His evil plan was to scam people into buying fake tickets to the baseball game." Word experts know that scam came from US carnival slang, but beyond that its origins are a mystery. WORD FAMILYscam: scammed, scammer, scamming, scams+/scammer: scammers USAGE EXAMPLESAttorney General Wayne Stenehjem says more than 100 North Dakota residents were victims of these scams, with some individuals losing thousands of dollars. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) That worker called police, who found Binsfield at another nearby restaurant allegedly pulling the scam. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) "Such a scam. Donate to the theatre directly if you want to," one detractor wrote on the GoFundMe page. Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1n a fraudulent business scheme Syn|Hyper cozenage cheat, rig, swindle the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme 2v deprive of by deceit Syn|Hypo|Hyper bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, short-change, swindle, victimize short, short-change cheat someone by not returning him enough money cheat, chisel, rip off deprive somebody of something by deceit |
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