scam

n. fraudulent act, deception, swindle

"Grifter" redirects here. For the comic book character, see Grifter (comics). It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ()A confidence trick or confidence game, also known as a con, scam, swindle, grift, bunko or flim flam, is an attempt to swindle a person or persons (known as the "mark") which involves gaining his or her confidence. (For confidence tricks dealing with information theft or computers see social engineering.)
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A scam is a confidence trick.Scam may also refer to:Soluble cell adhesion molecules (sCAM)SCSI Configured Automatically, a protocol for ID assignment in parallel SCSI"Scam (Jamiroquai song)", a song on Jamiroquai's The Return of the Space Cowboy album"Scam {RuPaul song)" RuPaul single to be released in December 2007Scam (album), an album by the Australian band The Screaming Jets.Seduction, the process of deliberately enticing a person into an act
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Noun
1. a fraudulent business scheme
(synonym) cozenage
(hypernym) swindle, cheat, rig
(derivation) victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, mulct, gyp, con
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, mulct, gyp, con
(hypernym) cheat, rip off, chisel
(hyponym) short-change, short
(derivation) swindler, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter, sharper, sharpie, sharpy

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Synonyms and related words:
ballot-box stuffing, beat, beguile of, bilk, bunco, burn, cardsharping, cheat, cheating, chisel, chouse, chouse out of, cog, cog the dice, con, cozen, cozenage, crib, defraud, diddle, diddling, dishonesty, do in, do out of, dodge, euchre, finagle, fishy transaction, flam, fleece, flimflam, fob, fraud, fraudulence, fraudulency, fudge, gerrymandering, gouge, graft, grift, gull, gyp, gyp joint, have, hocus, hocus-pocus, illicit business, imposition, imposture, mulct, pack the deal, pigeon, practice fraud upon, racket, rook, screw, sell gold bricks, shave, shortchange, stack the cards, stick, sting, swindle, take a dive, thimblerig, throw a fight, victimize