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scam  (skm) Slang

n.

A fraudulent business scheme; a swindle.

tr.v. scammed, scam·ming, scams

To defraud; swindle.

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scammer n.

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scam [skæm] Slang

n

a stratagem for gain; a swindle

vb scams, scamming, scammed

(tr) to swindle (someone) by means of a trick

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scam - a fraudulent business scheme         cozenage swindle, cheat, rig - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
Verb	1.	scam - 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" bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, swindle, short-change, victimize short, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough money cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"

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scam

noun (Slang) swindle, fiddle, racket, stratagem, diddle The duo set up a scam to settle their respective debts.

Translations

scam [skæm] N → estafa f, timo m

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scam [ˈskæm] n → arnaque f

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scam

n (inf: = deception) → Betrug m, → Beschiss m (inf)

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scam [skæm] n (fam) → truffa

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