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scam

DEFINITIONS OF: scam

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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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