SCAM
Dictionary entry overview: What does scam mean?
• SCAM (noun)
The noun SCAM has 1 sense:
1. a fraudulent business scheme
Familiarity information: SCAM used as a noun is very rare.
• SCAM (verb)
The verb SCAM has 1 sense:
1. deprive of by deceit
Familiarity information: SCAM used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SCAM (noun)
Meaning:
A fraudulent business scheme
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
cozenage; scam
Hypernyms ("scam" is a kind of...):
cheat; rig; swindle (the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme)
• SCAM (verb)
Meaning:
Deprive of by deceit
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
swindle; scam; rook; nobble; mulct; hornswoggle; gyp; goldbrick; gip; diddle; defraud; con; bunco; short-change; victimize
Context examples:
He swindled me out of my inheritance / She defrauded the customers who trusted her / the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
Hypernyms (to "scam" is one way to...):
cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "scam"):
short; short-change (cheat someone by not returning him enough money)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
