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- Dictionaryscam/skam/
noun
- 1. a dishonest scheme; a fraud: informal "an insurance scam"
verb
- 1. swindle: "a guy that scams old pensioners out of their savings"
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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.
1. : to deceive and defraud (someone) … the law firm had got the lucrative job of defending the corporate head of a savings and loan that had scammed another thousand or so people out of their savings … Joseph Wambaugh. 2. : to obtain (something, such as money) by a scam.
SCAM definition: 1. a dishonest plan for making money or getting an advantage, especially one that involves tricking…. Learn more.
Scam definition: a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.. See examples of SCAM used in a sentence.
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.
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 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.
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.
