Definition of 'scam'
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense scams
, present participle scamming, past participle, past tense scammed
countable noun
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scam in American English
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noun
verb transitiveWord forms: scammed or ˈscamming
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scam in American English
(skæm) (verb scammed, scamming)
noun
1.
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Derived forms
scammer noun
Word origin
[1960–65; orig. carnival argot; of obscure orig.]Examples of 'scam' in a sentence
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scam
British English: scam
/skæm/ NOUN
A scam is an illegal trick, usually with the purpose of getting money from people or avoiding paying tax.
They were participating in an insurance scam.
- American English: scam /ˈskæm/
- Arabic: خِدَاع
- Brazilian Portuguese: fraude
- Chinese: 诡计
- Croatian: prevara
- Czech: podfuk
- Danish: svindel
- Dutch: zwendel
- European Spanish: chanchullo
- Finnish: huijaus
- French: escroquerie
- German: Betrug
- Greek: κομπίνα
- Italian: imbroglio
- Japanese: 詐欺
- Korean: 사기
- Norwegian: bedrageri
- Polish: oszustwo
- European Portuguese: fraude
- Romanian: escrocherie
- Russian: мошенничество
- Latin American Spanish: chanchullo
- Swedish: svindel
- Thai: เล่ห์อุบาย
- Turkish: dolandırıcılık hileli iş
- Ukrainian: афера
- Vietnamese: hành động lừa đảo
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