"scambaiting" meaning in English

See scambaiting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From scam + baiting. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|scam|baiting}} scam + baiting Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} scambaiting (uncountable)
  1. (Internet) The practice of posing as a potential victim of a scam, in order to waste the scammer's time and resources. Tags: Internet, uncountable Translations (posing as a scam victim to waste the time of the scammer): scambaiting [masculine] (French), скамбейтинг (skambɛjting) [masculine] (Russian), скамбэйтинг (skambɛjting) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-scambaiting-en-noun-7wIKHRPH Categories (other): Internet

Verb

Etymology: From scam + baiting. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|scam|baiting}} scam + baiting Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} scambaiting
  1. present participle and gerund of scambait Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: scambait
    Sense id: en-scambaiting-en-verb-mWJYiOuj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 80
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