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Definition of 'SCAM'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) scam
a fraudulent scheme; swindle.

2. (v.t.) scam
to cheat; defraud.

3. (v.i.) scam
scam on,

4. scam
to kiss and caress; make out with.

5. scam
to have sexual intercourse with.

Etymology: (1960–65; orig. carnival argot; of obscure orig.)

Definition of 'SCAM'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) scam, cozenage
a fraudulent business scheme

2. (verb) victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
deprive of by deceit
"He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"

Definition of 'SCAM'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) scam
a plan to trick sb into paying or giving money
an elaborate scam

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