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- Dictionaryscam/skam/
noun
- 1. a dishonest scheme; a fraud: informal "an insurance scam"
verb
- 1. swindle: "a guy that scams the elderly out of their savings"
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The meaning of SCAM is a fraudulent or deceptive act or operation. How to use scam in a sentence.
SCAM definition: 1. a dishonest plan for making money or getting an advantage, especially one that involves tricking…. Learn more.
A Scam is a dishonest or fraudulent scheme that attempts to take money or something of value from people. It is a confidence trick that dishonest groups, individuals, or companies perform. The person who carries out a scam is a scammer, trickster, or swindler.
Those are scams. (Hopefully you knew that.) A scam is a trick to get something out of you, usually money. It’s also called a swindle or a confidence game, which refers to the fact that the scammer has to gain your confidence before scamming you. (Confidence is also the basis of con in con artist, which is a synonym for scammer and scam artist.)
A scam is an illegal trick, usually with the purpose of getting money from people or avoiding paying tax. [informal] They believed they were participating in an insurance scam, not a murder. The duo set up a scam to settle their respective debts.
A scam is a sneaky or dishonest plan that's meant to con someone. A diet scam, for example, falsely claims that people will lose weight if they buy special pills or drinks. A scam is basically a hoax dressed up to look like a real business plan, worthwhile invention, or investment idea.
A scam, or a confidence trick, is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using a combination of the victim's credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, confidence, irresponsibility, and greed.
SCAM definition: an illegal plan for making money. Learn more.
scam. to cheat somebody in order to get something, especially money, from them. scam somebody She was scammed by a conman who claimed that he was raising money for charity. scam somebody out of something He was arrested for scamming people out of their savings.
Definition of scam noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
