What is another word for scam?
Synonyms for scam
skæmscam
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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?
The private corporate top honchos who used to advocate integrity lessons to their employees or even conduct lectures on ethics as visiting faculty to Business Schools or University, have been seen now getting caught in scam, scandal, bribery and corruption cases.
Cyber criminals executing this scam request the same information as legitimate employers, making it difficult to identify a hiring scam until it is too late.
What's going on is a disgrace, and it's an embarrassment to our nation, it's a big scam.
If a new love interest wants to show you how to invest in crypto, or asks you to send them crypto, that's a scam.
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!
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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