Scam

/skæm/

Synonyms for "scam" (124 found)

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Closest matches (25)

ballot-box stuffingbeat beguilebeguile ofbilk blind bunco burn cardsharping cheat cheating chisel chousechouse out ofcogcog the dicecon

Verb(3 words)

bamboozle bunco con

Noun(5 words)

bilking con conning cons consing

Strong matches (37)

cozen cozenage crib deceit defraud diddle diddling dishonestydo indo out ofdodge euchre finaglefishy transactionflam fleece flimflam fob fraud fraudulence

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fraudulency fudge gerrymandering gouge

Noun(10 words)

cozenage deception defraud diddles fiddle fiddles fleeces fleecing fraud frauds

Verb(3 words)

defraud diddle goldbrick

Related words (62)

graft grift gull gypgyp jointhave hocus hocus-pocusillicit businessimposition imposture mulctpack the dealpigeonpractice fraud uponracket ramp rook screwsell gold bricks

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shave shortchangestack the cardsstick sting swindletake a divethimblerigthrow a fightvictimize

Noun(23 words)

gulls hoax hoodwinking humbug humbugs hustles hustling phish phishing pyramid quacking ripoff ripoffs ruse sham sharking slamming suckering swindle swindles

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swindling swiz trick

Verb(9 words)

gypping hornswoggle mulct nobble phished rook short-change swindle victimize

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More general

11 entries

cheat chisel crime deceive deception fraud rigrip offswindle wrongdoing

More specific

9 entries

advance fee scambilkcharity scamdupeinvestment scammortgage scamphishpress hoaxpyramid scheme

Collocations

10 entries

bank scamemail scamfinancial scamonline scamphishing emailphone scampyramid schemeromance scamscam artistscam campaign

Inflections

3 entries

scammed scamming scams

Derivations

2 entries

scammer scamming

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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In retrospect, I should have known that it was a scam.

Source: tatoeba (953970)

It never occurred to me that the whole thing might be a scam.

Source: tatoeba (1104740)

He took part in a big scam.

Source: tatoeba (1154157)

YouTube is a scam site.

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