Synonyms for scam
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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

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1. scam, cozenageverb

   a fraudulent business scheme

   Synonyms:
   cozenage

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, 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

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1. SCAM

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

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1. Kendall Almerico:

   This really is not a question of legal precedent, but more one of how far can people push the boundaries of asking for voluntary donations without really having a cohesive plan as to where the money will go, this is an ‘ all-or-nothing ’ campaign, so if he does not raise $ 1.6 billion, everyone gets refunded. But imagine if he received $ 10 million in donations, and did a ‘ flexible funding ’ campaign where he actually gets the money, even if he did not reach the goal ? What would happen then ? That is the real problem, is if some scam artist tried to take advantage of a situation like this.

2. The FCC:

   Scam artists have found that sending us messages about a package you never ordered or a payment that never went through along with a link to a shady website is a quick and easy way to get us to engage on our devices and fall prey to fraud.

3. Nancy Pelosi:

   Every dollar in SNAP for hungry families returns money to farmers, to our economy and to the Treasury. But after the GOP tax scam’s giveaways for the wealthiest, Republicans are slashing tens of billions from SNAP, threatening to leave millions of seniors, veterans, individuals with disabilities, students and families without the means to put food on the table.

4. First Orion:

   Third-party call blocking apps are largely ineffective when it comes to detecting spoof calls since they can only black-list against known scam numbers, not legitimate numbers that are momentarily hijacked by scammers.

5. Bishop Sycamore coach Andre Peterson:

   There’s nothing that I’ve gotten out of this that would constitute Bishop Sycamore as a scam because I ’m not gaining anything financially from what we’re doing. The reality of Bishop Sycamore is that I have a son( Javan) that’s also in the program and has been in the program for four years.