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The Meaning of scam

  • (noun) a fraudulent business scheme
  • (verb) deprive of by deceit; "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"

Synonyms

cozenage , rook , cabbage , fiddle , hook , nobble , victimize , gip , shirk , goldbrick , swindle , con , memorise , snatch , diddle , lift , gyp , kidnap , abstract , toy , abduct , pilfer , filch , purloin , snarf , short-change , defraud , hornswoggle , play , victimise , sneak , bunco , pinch , swipe , short , memorize , learn , mulct , shrink from , cheat , rip off , chisel

Rhymes

abraham , abram , alam , am , amsterdam , anagram , bahm , bam , bartram , bellingham , birmingham , bram , buckingham , burcham , cablegram , cam , camm , centigram , cham , clam , cram , cunningham , dagenham , dahm , dam , damm , damme , damn , diagram , diaphragm , dirlam , dithyramb , dram , durham , electrocardiogram , engram , epigram , exam , flam , flamm , flimflam , frahm , fram , framingham , gahm , gamm , goddam , goddamn , graeme , graham , gram , gramme , hahm , ham , hamm , hamme , histogram , hologram , inghram , jam , jamb , kam , kamm , kilogram , klamm , kram , kvam , kvamme , lahm , lam , lamb , lambe , lamm , lamme , logjam , logogram , madame , mcclam , mcham , mclamb , microgram , milligram , mme , monogram , nahm , nam , nottingham , pam , panam , polygram , potsdam , priam , program , programme , quamme , rahm , ram , ramm , reprogram , rockingham , rotterdam , sahm , sam , schram , schramm , scram , sham , siam , slam , sonogram , spam , sram , stam , stamm , stram , swam , t-lam , tam , tamm , telegram , tham , tottenham , tram , vandam , vandamme , wham , wolfram , yam