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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.
The meaning of SCAM is a fraudulent or deceptive act or operation. How to use scam in a sentence.
Scams can be big or small, but the common element is that the person being scammed never gets what they’re promised (like that inheritance from the prince), unless it’s a really good scam, in which they’ll send you a little bit of money to make you think the whole thing is legit.
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.
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.
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.
