"scam" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /skæm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scam.wav Forms: scams [plural]
enPR: skăm Rhymes: -æm Etymology: US carnival slang of uncertain origin. Possibly from scamp (“swindler, cheater”) or Irish cam (“crooked”). Also possibly from Danish skam; if so, it would be a doublet of shame and sham. First use appears c. 1963 in the periodical Time. The word became common use among the US drug culture when in early 1980, after Operation ABSCAM, an FBI sting operation directed at public officials, became public. Etymology templates: {{unc|en|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{bor|en|ga|cam||crooked}} Irish cam (“crooked”), {{m+|da|skam}} Danish skam, {{doublet|en|shame|sham|nocap=1|nocat=1}} doublet of shame and sham Head templates: {{en-noun}} scam (plural scams)
  1. A fraudulent deal. Synonyms: deception Translations (fraudulent deal): اِحْتِيَال (iḥtiyāl) [masculine] (Arabic), ছলনা (cholna) (Bengali), нечестна сделка (nečestna sdelka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), изма́ма (izmáma) [feminine] (Bulgarian), estafa [feminine] (Catalan), enredada [feminine] (Catalan), 詭計 (Chinese Mandarin), 诡计 (guǐjì) (Chinese Mandarin), 騙局 (Chinese Mandarin), 骗局 (piànjú) (Chinese Mandarin), podvod [masculine] (Czech), bondefanger (Danish), oplichting [feminine] (Dutch), deceptie (Dutch), bedrog (Dutch), misleiding (Dutch), trompo (Esperanto), friponaĵo (Esperanto), huijaus (Finnish), vedätys (Finnish), vilunki [informal] (Finnish), entourloupe [feminine] (French), arnaque [feminine] (French), escroquerie [feminine] (French), trucage [masculine] (French), tour de passe-passe [masculine] (French), tripotage [masculine] (French), calote [masculine] (Galician), Betrug [masculine] (German), Beschiss [masculine] (German), Gaunerei [feminine] (German), Schwindel [masculine] (German), Trickdiebstahl [masculine] (German), Trickbetrug [masculine] (German), απάτη (apáti) [feminine] (Greek), κομπίνα (kompína) [feminine] (Greek), תרגיל עוקץ (Hebrew), הונאה (honaá) [feminine] (Hebrew), תרמית (tarmít) [feminine] (Hebrew), eskroko (Ido), scam (Indonesian), scam [masculine] (Italian), fregatura [feminine] (Italian), truffa [feminine] (Italian), imbroglio [masculine] (Italian), raggiro [masculine] (Italian), inciucio [masculine] (Italian), tresca [feminine] (Italian), intrallazzo [masculine] (Italian), macchinazione [feminine] (Italian), pastetta [feminine] (Italian), bidone [masculine] (Italian), bidonata [feminine] (Italian), trucco [masculine] (Italian), frode [feminine] (Italian), 詐欺 (sagi) (alt: さぎ) (Japanese), kanbalaxu (Kabuverdianu), ការបោកប្រាស់ (kaa baok prah) (Khmer), គ្រោងការក្បត់ (krooŋ kaa kbɑt) (Khmer), и́змама (ízmama) [feminine] (Macedonian), дала́вера (dalávera) [feminine] (Macedonian), ду́бара (dúbara) [feminine] (Macedonian), bondefangeri (Norwegian), Schwindel [masculine] (Plautdietsch), oszustwo [neuter] (Polish), przekręt [masculine] (Polish), szwindel [masculine] (Polish), golpe [masculine] (Portuguese), calote [masculine] (Portuguese), embrulhada [feminine] (Portuguese), fraude [feminine] (Portuguese), falcatrua [feminine] (Portuguese), logro [masculine] (Portuguese), ਸਕੈਮ (sakaim) [masculine] (Punjabi), афе́ра (aféra) [feminine] (Russian), жу́льничество (žúlʹničestvo) [neuter] (Russian), моше́нничество (mošénničestvo) [neuter] (Russian), обма́н (obmán) (english: partly) [masculine] (Russian), надува́тельство (naduvátelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), estafa [feminine] (Spanish), timo [colloquial, masculine] (Spanish), engaño [masculine] (Spanish), engañifa [feminine] (Spanish), chanchullo [masculine] (Spanish), tejemaneje [masculine] (Spanish), petardo [masculine] (Spanish), lurendrejeri (Swedish), dolandırma (Turkish), trò lừa đảo (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-scam-en-noun-pF~b3SU9 Disambiguation of 'fraudulent deal': 98 2
  2. Something that is promoted using scams.
    Sense id: en-scam-en-noun-~GQCNu9q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: take for a ride

Verb

IPA: /skæm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scam.wav Forms: scams [present, singular, third-person], scamming [participle, present], scammed [participle, past], scammed [past]
enPR: skăm Rhymes: -æm Etymology: US carnival slang of uncertain origin. Possibly from scamp (“swindler, cheater”) or Irish cam (“crooked”). Also possibly from Danish skam; if so, it would be a doublet of shame and sham. First use appears c. 1963 in the periodical Time. The word became common use among the US drug culture when in early 1980, after Operation ABSCAM, an FBI sting operation directed at public officials, became public. Etymology templates: {{unc|en|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{bor|en|ga|cam||crooked}} Irish cam (“crooked”), {{m+|da|skam}} Danish skam, {{doublet|en|shame|sham|nocap=1|nocat=1}} doublet of shame and sham Head templates: {{en-verb}} scam (third-person singular simple present scams, present participle scamming, simple past and past participle scammed)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To defraud or embezzle. Tags: intransitive, transitive Synonyms: con Translations (to defraud or embezzle): اِحْتَالَ (iḥtāla) (Arabic), atmaq (Azerbaijani), мамя (mamja) (Bulgarian), estafar (Catalan), 欺詐 (Chinese Mandarin), 欺诈 (qīzhà) (Chinese Mandarin), 騙局 (Chinese Mandarin), 骗局 (piànjú) (Chinese Mandarin), 詐騙 (Chinese Mandarin), 诈骗 (zhàpiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), oplichten (Dutch), prifriponi (Esperanto), vedättää (Finnish), huijata (Finnish), entourlouper (French), arnaquer (French), betrügen (German), הונה (honá) (Hebrew), רימה (rimá) (Hebrew), truffare (Italian), imbrogliare (Italian), raggirare (Italian), fregare (Italian), ស៊ីឆ (sii cʰɑɑ) (Khmer), ឆីឆ (cʰəy-cʰɑɑ) (Khmer), បោកប្រាស់ (baok prah) (Khmer), и́змами (ízmami) [perfective] (Macedonian), ма́ми (mámi) [imperfective] (Macedonian), aplicar um golpe (Portuguese), lograr (Portuguese), обма́нывать (obmányvatʹ) (Russian), кида́ть (kidátʹ) (Russian), estafar (Spanish), timar (Spanish), lura (Swedish), scama [colloquial] (Swedish), dolandırmak (Turkish), lừa đảo (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-scam-en-verb-~l80jqu8 Disambiguation of 'to defraud or embezzle': 99 1
  2. (slang) To seek out a partner for casual sex; to hit on. Tags: slang
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Inflected forms

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      "word": "exit scam"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "love scam"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Macau scam"
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      "word": "Nigerian prince scam"
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          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
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          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "word": "詭計"
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          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
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          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "word": "骗局"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "podvod"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "word": "bondefanger"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "oplichting"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "word": "deceptie"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
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          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "word": "friponaĵo"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "word": "huijaus"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "word": "vedätys"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "vilunki"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "entourloupe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "arnaque"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "escroquerie"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trucage"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "note": "manipulation f à caractère frauduleux",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tour de passe-passe"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tripotage"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "calote"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Betrug"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Beschiss"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Gaunerei"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schwindel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Trickdiebstahl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Trickbetrug"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apáti",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "απάτη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kompína",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "κομπίνα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "word": "תרגיל עוקץ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "honaá",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "הונאה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "tarmít",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "תרמית"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "word": "eskroko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "word": "scam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "scam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fregatura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "truffa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "imbroglio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "raggiro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "inciucio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fraudulent deal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
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      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
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      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
      "word": "betrügen"
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      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
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      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
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      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
      "word": "truffare"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
      "word": "imbrogliare"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
      "word": "fregare"
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      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
      "word": "ស៊ីឆ"
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      "roman": "cʰəy-cʰɑɑ",
      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
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      "roman": "baok prah",
      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
      "word": "បោកប្រាស់"
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      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
      "word": "aplicar um golpe"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
      "word": "lograr"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "obmányvatʹ",
      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
      "word": "обма́нывать"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "kidátʹ",
      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
      "word": "кида́ть"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
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      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
      "word": "lura"
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      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
      "word": "dolandırmak"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
      "word": "lừa đảo"
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  "word": "scam"
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