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"expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish scam\nProto-Indo-European *-yósder.\nProto-Italic *-āzios\nLatin -āriusnom.\nLatin -āriusbor.\nProto-Germanic *-ārijaz\nProto-West Germanic *-ārī\nOld English -ere\nMiddle English -ere\nEnglish -er\nEnglish scammer\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"agent noun\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"nom.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Nominalization of\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"adjective\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"adjective\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"suffix\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-yós\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-āzios\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ārius\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"nominalization\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ārius\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-ārijaz\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-ārī\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old English\", \"term\" : \"-ere\", \"lang\" : \"ang\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"-ere\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-er\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"scammer\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"scammer\">\nFrom scam + -er.",
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}
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{
"form": "scammers",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "scammer (plural scammers)",
"name": "en-noun"
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],
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{
"parts": [
"scam",
"mer"
]
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
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"word": "419 scammer"
}
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"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
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"Rhymes:English/æmə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/æmə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
"Terms with Arabic translations",
"Terms with Belarusian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Galician translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hindi translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Northern Kurdish translations",
"Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Punjabi translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"Terms with Vietnamese translations"
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22,
30
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],
"ref": "2017 November 10, Aaron Mak, “This Hilarious Chatbot Messes with Scammers for You”, in Slate:",
"text": "According to Netsafe, scammers send out a bunch of emails, hoping to snag a few gullible people, but simply deleting the offending email won’t do anything to impede the con.",
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82
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"ref": "2023 December 13, “Network News: £13,000 stolen via car park QR”, in RAIL, number 998, page 11:",
"text": "TransPennine Express has removed all QR codes from its 71 car parks after scammers covered up a genuine code sticker with a false one and stole £13,000 from a woman's bank account.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A person who commits fraud by making dishonest scams and business deals: swindler, cheat, grifter."
],
"links": [
[
"fraud",
"fraud"
],
[
"dishonest",
"dishonest"
],
[
"scam",
"scam"
],
[
"business deal",
"business deal"
],
[
"swindler",
"swindler"
],
[
"cheat",
"cheat#Noun"
],
[
"grifter",
"grifter"
]
],
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"(slang) A person who commits fraud by making dishonest scams and business deals: swindler, cheat, grifter."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
}
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{
"ipa": "/ˈskæmə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈskamə/",
"tags": [
"British",
"Northern-England",
"Scotland",
"Southern",
"Standard",
"Wales"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈskæmɚ/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈskeə̯mɚ] ~ /ˈskɛə̯mɚ/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈskæmɚ/",
"note": "New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈskæmɚ]",
"note": "New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈskæːmə/",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈskæːmə] ~(æ-raising)[ˈskɛːmə] ~ [ˈskeːmə]",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/En-au-scammer.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈskɛmə/",
"tags": [
"New-Zealand"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-æmə(ɹ)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "fraudster"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "naṣṣāb",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"word": "نَصَّاب"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "maxljar",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "махляр"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "maxljarka",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "махлярка"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estafador"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estafadora"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "piànzi",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"word": "騙子 /骗子"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"word": "podvodník"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"word": "huijari"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"word": "petkuttaja"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arnaqueur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"word": "escroc"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pufista"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caloteiro"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estafador"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schwindler"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schwindlerin"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "dhokhebāz",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "धोखेबाज़"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "ṭhag",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ठग"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "ṭhagin",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ठगिन"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "ṭhagnī",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ठगनी"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"word": "csaló"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"word": "svindler"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "sagishi",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"word": "詐欺師"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"lang_code": "kmr",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "hîlekar"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"lang_code": "kmr",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "xapîner"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"lang_code": "pdt",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schwindla"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "oszust"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "golpista"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"singular"
],
"word": "vigarista"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"lang_code": "pa",
"roman": "sakaimar",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਸਕੈਮਰ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "țepar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "mošennik",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мошенник"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "mošennica",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мошенница"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "defraudador"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estafador"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "lurendrejare"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "zdýrnyk",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "зди́рник"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "zdyráč",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "здира́ч"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "zdyráčka",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "здира́чка"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "šaxráj",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шахра́й"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "šaxrájka",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шахра́йка"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "ošukáč",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ошука́ч"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "ošukáčka",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ошука́чка"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "ošukánecʹ",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ошука́нець"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "ošukánka",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ошука́нка"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "swindler, cheat",
"word": "thằng lừa đảo"
}
],
"word": "scammer"
}
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