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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskæmɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-scammer.ogg Forms: scammers [plural]
Rhymes: -æmə(ɹ) Etymology: From scam + -er. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|scam|-er|id2=agent noun}} scam + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} scammer (plural scammers)
  1. (slang) A swindler, cheat. Tags: slang Synonyms: fraudster Related terms: 419 scammer Translations (swindler, cheat): махляр (maxljar) [masculine] (Belarusian), махлярка (maxljarka) [feminine] (Belarusian), estafador [masculine] (Catalan), estafadora [feminine] (Catalan), 騙子 (Chinese Mandarin), 骗子 (piànzi) (Chinese Mandarin), huijari (Finnish), petkuttaja (Finnish), pufista [masculine] (Galician), caloteiro [masculine] (Galician), estafador [masculine] (Galician), Schwindler [masculine] (German), Schwindlerin [feminine] (German), csaló (Hungarian), svindler (Hungarian), Schwindla [neuter] (Plautdietsch), oszust [masculine] (Polish), golpista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), vigarista [masculine, plural, singular] (Portuguese), ਸਕੈਮਰ (sakaimar) [masculine] (Punjabi), țepar [masculine] (Romanian), мошенник (mošennik) [masculine] (Russian), мошенница (mošennica) [feminine] (Russian), defraudador [masculine] (Spanish), estafador [masculine] (Spanish), lurendrejare [common-gender] (Swedish), зди́рник (zdýrnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), здира́ч (zdyráč) [masculine] (Ukrainian), здира́чка (zdyráčka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), шахра́й (šaxráj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), шахра́йка (šaxrájka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ошука́ч (ošukáč) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ошука́чка (ošukáčka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ошука́нець (ošukánecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ошука́нка (ošukánka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), thằng lừa đảo (Vietnamese)

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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mošennica",
      "sense": "swindler, cheat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мошенница"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "swindler, cheat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "defraudador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "swindler, cheat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estafador"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "swindler, cheat",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lurendrejare"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zdýrnyk",
      "sense": "swindler, cheat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зди́рник"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zdyráč",
      "sense": "swindler, cheat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "здира́ч"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zdyráčka",
      "sense": "swindler, cheat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "здира́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "šaxráj",
      "sense": "swindler, cheat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шахра́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "šaxrájka",
      "sense": "swindler, cheat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шахра́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ošukáč",
      "sense": "swindler, cheat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ошука́ч"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ošukáčka",
      "sense": "swindler, cheat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ошука́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ošukánecʹ",
      "sense": "swindler, cheat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ошука́нець"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ošukánka",
      "sense": "swindler, cheat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ошука́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "swindler, cheat",
      "word": "thằng lừa đảo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scammer"
}

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