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scam

/ scam /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a fraudulent business scheme
Type of:
swindle cheat rig
Derived:
cozen victimize swindle rook goldbrick
verb Sense 2
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"
Type of:
cheat rip off chisel
Kinds of:
short-change short
Derived:
bunco bunco game bunko bunko game con
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Semantic Complexity
24%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
18
Times Searched
3
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swindle cheat rig rip off chisel short-change short