scam
Etymology
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Etymology
US carnival slang of uncertain origin. Possibly from scamp ("swindler, cheater") or Irish cam.
Pronunciation Nounscam (plural scams)
- A fraudulent deal.
- Synonyms: Thesaurus:deception
- That marketing scheme looks like a scam to me.
- Something that is promoted using scams.
- That new diet burger is a scam.
- French: entourloupe, arnaque, escroquerie, trucage, manipulation à caractère frauduleux, tour de passe-passe, tripotage
- German: Betrug, Beschiss, Gaunerei, Schwindel, Trickdiebstahl, Trickbetrug
- Italian: scam, fregatura, truffa, imbroglio, raggiro, inciucio, tresca, intrallazzo, macchinazione, pastetta, bidone, bidonata, trucco, frode
- Portuguese: golpe, calote, embrulhada, fraude, falcatrua, logro
- Russian: афе́ра
- Spanish: estafa, timo (colloquial), engaño, engañifa, chanchullo, tejemaneje, petardo
scam (scams, present participle scamming; simple past and past participle scammed)
- (ambitransitive) To defraud or embezzle.
- Synonyms: con
- They tried to scam her out of her savings.
- (slang) To seek out a partner for casual sex; to hit on.
- French: entourlouper, arnaquer
- German: betrügen
- Italian: truffare, imbrogliare, raggirare, fregare
- Portuguese: aplicar um golpe, lograr
- Russian: обма́нывать
- Spanish: estafar, timar
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