English noun: scam | |||
1. | scam (act) a fraudulent business scheme | ||
Synonyms | cozenage | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cheat, rig, swindle | ||
English verb: scam | |||
1. | scam (social) deprive of by deceit | ||
Samples | 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 | bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, short-change, swindle, victimize | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cheat, chisel, rip off | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | short, short-change | ||