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scam
DEFINITIONS OF:
scam
1
n
a fraudulent business scheme
Synonyms:
cozenage
Type of:
cheat
,
rig
,
swindle
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
v
deprive of by deceit
Synonyms:
bunco
,
con
,
defraud
,
diddle
,
gip
,
goldbrick
,
gyp
,
hornswoggle
,
mulct
,
nobble
,
rook
,
short-change
,
swindle
,
victimize
Types:
short
,
short-change
cheat someone by not returning him enough money
Type of:
cheat
,
chisel
,
rip off
deprive somebody of something by deceit
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