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scam

[ˈskæm]noun, verb1 syllable

Scam means: deprive of by deceit.

Synonyms for scam23

noun, as in a fraudulent business scheme

cozenage

verb, as in deprive of by deceit

victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change, con

also used for scam

deception, imposition, hype, deceit, dupery, fiddle, fetch, hocus-pocus, jugglery, legerdemain

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What does scam mean?2

verb

1

deprive of by deceit“He swindled me out of my inheritance”

noun

1

a fraudulent business scheme

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with scam?25

two syllables

exam

three syllables

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Scam in a sentence

  • With regard to scam email, please be careful.terrywallwork
  • There are a lot of scam artists, so you need to be careful.CK
  • With regard to scam email, please be cautious.terrywallwork
  • It never occurred to me that the whole thing might be a scam.CK
  • Please be cautious in regard to scam email.terrywallwork
  • I wonder if this is some sort of scam.CK
  • Please be careful in regard to scam email.terrywallwork
  • Many people say that supplements are a scam.rafaeldejesus8199

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of scam

as a noun

plural
scams

as a verb

past tense
scammed
present participle
scamming
third-person singular
scams
past participle
scammed