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Synonyms for scam
skæmscam
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Princeton's WordNet
scam, cozenageverb
a fraudulent business scheme
Synonyms:
cozenagevictimize, 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, mulct, shrink from
Editors Contribution
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
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
SCAM
Synonyms:
SciSpeak Scientific College of Arts & Medicine Sports medicine Selection Classification of Age Maturity
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SCAM
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#424 | learn | |
#516 | play | |
#659 | porn | |
#746 | short | |
#1475 | abstract | |
#2184 | porno | |
#2529 | con | |
#2897 | toy | |
#4480 | fraud | |
#4499 | lift | |
#5613 | hook | |
#11065 | scam | |
#11750 | bluff | |
#14457 | sting | |
#15524 | deception | |
#16203 | sneak | |
#16326 | snatch | |
#16414 | cabbage | |
#17127 | pinch | |
#18731 | fiddle | |
#18963 | hustle | |
#20014 | sham | |
#22497 | hoax | |
#26322 | racket | |
#30154 | deceit | |
#33601 | memorize | |
#35780 | rook | |
#37632 | kidnap | |
#38462 | swipe | |
#42454 | gip | |
#49972 | defraud | |
#58296 | swindle | |
#68256 | shirk | |
#72473 | diddle | |
#74450 | memorise | |
#87124 | abduct | |
#96993 | snarf | |
#113787 | gyp | |
#138234 | bunco | |
#164852 | victimize | |
#174882 | swindling | |
#176519 | filch | |
#199693 | pilfer |
How to use scam in a sentence?
Given the timing, it's likely primarily due to the COVID-19 crisis as, much like every industry, phone scam operations have certainly been disrupted by lockdowns and stay-at-home orders over recent weeks.
We're very pleased the arbitrator awarded punitive damages because, at its heart, this was a scam of our client and many other professional athletes, these notes never should have been offered to anyone.
It is reported that the U.S. Post Office will lose $1.50 on average for each package it delivers for Amazon. That amounts to Billions of Dollars, if the P.O. ‘increases its parcel rates, Amazon’s shipping costs would rise by $2.6 Billion.’ This Post Office scam must stop. Amazon must pay real costs (and taxes) now!
There have been questions about the Ben Carson candidacy -- whether it's a serious candidacy or a combination scam and book tour, in the coming weeks we will find out ... what steps he takes to remedy this. Whether he is in it to win it.
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.
Translations for scam
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- احتيالArabic
- podvodCzech
- bondefangerDanish
- betrügen, Trickdiebstahl, Vorschussbetrug, TrickbetrugGerman
- απάτηGreek
- estafa, estafarSpanish
- huuhaa, vedättääFinnish
- arnaquer, entourloupe, arnaque, entourlouperFrench
- scamGalician
- תרגיל עוקץHebrew
- scamIndonesian
- eskrokoIdo
- fregatura, truffa, scam, truffareItalian
- 詐欺Japanese
- oplichting, deceptie, oplichten, bedrog, misleidingDutch
- bondefangeriNorwegian
- oszustwo, szwindel, przekrętPolish
- pilantragem, [[aplicar]] [[um]] [[golpe]], lograr, golpePortuguese
- афера, обман, надувательство, жульничество, обманывать, мошенничествоRussian
- lura, lurendrejeriSwedish
- ஊழல்Tamil
- dolandırmaTurkish
- 騙局Chinese
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