| 释义 |
scam
I. \ˈskam, -aa(ə)m, -aim\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
: a confidence scheme in which an established business is taken over, merchandise is purchased on credit and quickly sold, and then the business is abandoned or bankruptcy is declared ; broadly : a fraudulent or deceptive practice
< insurance swindles, credit-card rackets, and practically every scam devised by man — Joe Flaherty >
II. \"\ transitive verb
(scammed ; scammed ; scamming ; scams -s)
1. : deceive : defraud
< scams his senile grandmother out of $3 million — Jane Clapperton >
2. : to obtain (as money) by a scam
• scam·mer \-ə(r) \ noun slang |