Synonyms for SCAM
skæmscam

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1. scamnoun

   Synonyms:
   con game

2. scamverb

   To defraud or embezzle.

   They tried to scam her out of her savings.

   Synonyms:
   con game

3. scamverb

   Synonyms:
   conVerb

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scam, cozenageverb

   a fraudulent business scheme

   Synonyms:
   cozenage, scam

2. victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, converb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   rook, cabbage, fiddle, hook, nobble, victimize, gip, shirk, goldbrick, swindle, con, memorise, snatch, diddle, lift, gyp, kidnap, abstract, toy, abduct, pilfer, filch, purloin, snarf, short-change, defraud, hornswoggle, play, victimise, sneak, bunco, pinch, swipe, short, memorize, learn, scam, mulct, shrink from

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1. rort

   a 'rort' is defined as an unscrupulous or dishonest practice. this seems to also fit the definition of 'scam'.

   Submitted by rinat on August 7, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "scam":

   fraud, con, rip-off, deception, swindle, swindling, bluff, sting, hustle, racket, porno, hoax, sham, deceit, porn

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SCAM

   Synonyms:
   SciSpeak Scientific College of Arts & Medicine Sports medicine Selection Classification of Age Maturity

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1. Garrett Graff:

   We were all really lucky that that attack was a cryptocurrency scam, and not a foreign intelligence service or a hacker trying to start nuclear war, twitter, in many ways, is where wars can start in this moment. The information could move there faster in an attack than anyone would be able to respond to.

2. The Edge Media Group:

   We don’t see how exposing the scam to cheat the people of Malaysia of billions of ringgit can be construed as being detrimental to public and national interest, this is nothing more than a move to shut us down in order to shut us up.

3. President Donald Trump:

   I'm going to make sure colleges are open in the fall, online college is a scam, and I should know. My online college was ranked No. 1 craziest scam by US News every year it was open.

4. Tiger King:

   My wish is to get out and testify to Congress about the Big Cat Safety Act and what a scam it is to create a monopoly for PETA and Dan Ashe with the [Association of Zoos and Aquariums].

5. President Trump:

   It shows that Schiff is a fraud. ... I think its a scandal that he knew before, id go a step further. Id say he probably helped write it. ... Thats a big story. He knew long before, and he helped write it too. Its a scam.