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- Dictionaryscam/skam/
noun
- 1. a dishonest scheme; a fraud: informal "an insurance scam"
verb
- 1. swindle: "a guy that scams old pensioners out of their savings"
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a dishonest plan for making money or getting an advantage, especially one that involves tricking people: Banks often carry information about email scams on their websites. To avoid scams, never sign things in a hurry. an insurance scam. Fewer examples. There was an investigation to see who was behind the scam.
Browse. Scam definition: a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.. See examples of SCAM used in a sentence.
A scam is an illegal trick, usually with the purpose of getting money from people or avoiding paying tax. [informal] They believed they were participating in an insurance scam, not a murder. The duo set up a scam to settle their respective debts.
A scam, or a confidence trick, is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using a combination of the victim's credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, confidence, irresponsibility, and greed.
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.
Definition of scam noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
SCAM definition: an illegal plan for making money. Learn more.
scam. to cheat somebody in order to get something, especially money, from them. scam somebody She was scammed by a conman who claimed that he was raising money for charity. scam somebody out of something He was arrested for scamming people out of their savings.
noun. 1a dishonest scheme to gain money or possessions from someone fraudulently, especially a complex or prolonged one: it turned out that the investment opportunity was part of an elaborate and sophisticated scaman insurance scam. More example sentences.
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. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc.
