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"2": "scam",
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},
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"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "scam + bait",
"forms": [
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"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "scambaiting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
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"name": "Internet",
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"Networking",
"Technology",
"All topics",
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"To pose as a potential victim of a scam, usually the Nigerian scam, in order to waste the scammer's time and resources."
],
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],
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"scam",
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],
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"Nigerian scam",
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]
],
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"(Internet) To pose as a potential victim of a scam, usually the Nigerian scam, in order to waste the scammer's time and resources."
],
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"Internet"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Scambaiting"
]
}
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"To pose as a potential victim of a scam, usually the Nigerian scam, in order to waste the scammer's time and resources."
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"(Internet) To pose as a potential victim of a scam, usually the Nigerian scam, in order to waste the scammer's time and resources."
],
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