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Noun(1) a fraudulent business scheme(2) swindle
Verb(1) deprive of by deceit

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(1) Find out why the Feds are out to bust an insurance scam where the doctor pays the patient.(2) Whoever is behind the scam is a fraud and is attempting to collect personal information.(3) an insurance scam(4) The scam tries to trick customers into giving away confidential bank details.(5) However these rules will not stop you from being scammed as a scam is more psychological than anything else.(6) an insurance scam(7) Everything zips along at a brisk and comedic pace for the first half hour, with an elaborate scam to rip off a load of smuggled goods being set up.(8) If there is an illegal immigrant scam or a marriage scam , then the department must be involved.(9) One need look no further than the daily newspaper to see that securities fraud is the scam du jour.(10) He tries to buy one on the street, but his nau00efvete and lack of street sense only see him get scammed by con artists.(11) Everybody thinks they know somebody who's scamming welfare because they can't see a wheelchair.(12) She suspects that he may be scamming her to gain Canadian residency.(13) I would say that I genuinely hope St. John Vianney had one of their students do the site rather than getting scammed by a web designer, until I realized that if one of their students had done it they would have to list them as an alumnus.(14) However these rules will not stop you from being scammed as a scam is more psychological than anything else.(15) They're basically just scamming people with this fictional concert.(16) May we humbly request your immediate and urgent attention to tell you the story of a Nigerian e-mail scammer convicted of wire fraud in Houston, Texas?
Related Words
(1) scam artist
Synonyms
Noun
1. fraud
2. swindle
3. fraudulent scheme
4. racket
5. trick
6. pharming
7. con
8. hustle
9. flimflam
10. bunco
11. grift
12. gyp
13. shakedown


Verb
14. swindle
15. cheat
16. deceive
17. trick
18. dupe
19. hoodwink
20. double-cross
21. gull
23. con
25. shaft
26. hose
27. sting
28. bilk
29. diddle
30. rook
31. gyp
32. finagle
33. bamboozle
34. flimflam
35. put one over on
36. pull a fast one on
37. sucker
38. stiff
39. shake down
40. hornswoggle


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

When I go to weddings
it's to scam on chunky bridesmaids.

When I go to weddings it's to SCAM on chunky bridesmaids.

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 16


...I go with Raj to scam on hippie chicks
at the farmer's market...

...I go with Raj to SCAM on hippie chicks at the farmer's market...

The Big Bang Theory Season 3, Episode 4


I'm not trying to get to
the bottom of a dog-walking scam.

I'm not trying to get to the bottom of a dog-walking SCAM.

The Big Bang Theory Season 9, Episode 24


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