scam

English

Etymology

US carnival slang. Possibly from scamp (“swindler, cheater”).

The word "scam" became common use among the US "drug culture" in early 1980 after Operation ABSCAM, an FBI sting operation directed at public officials, became public.

Pronunciation

enPR: skăm, IPA^(key): /skæm/
Rhymes: -æm

Noun

scam (plural scams)

A fraudulent deal.
That marketing scheme looks like a scam to me.
Something that is promoted using scams.
That car was a scam.

Synonyms

con game, confidence trick, swindle
See also Thesaurus:deception

Coordinate terms

take for a ride

Translations

fraudulent deal

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: اِحْتِيَال‎ m (iḥtiyāl)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: estafa f, enredada f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詭計 (zh), 诡计 (zh) (guǐjì), 騙局 (zh), 骗局 (zh) (piànjú)
Czech: podvod (cs) m
Danish: bondefanger
Dutch: oplichting (nl) f, deceptie (nl), bedrog (nl), misleiding (nl)
Esperanto: trompo, friponaĵo
Finnish: huijaus (fi), vedätys (fi)
French: entourloupe (fr) f, arnaque (fr) f, escroquerie (fr) f
Galician: scam m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Vorschussbetrug m, Trickdiebstahl (de) m, Trickbetrug m
Greek: απάτη (el) f (apáti), κομπίνα (el) f (kompína)
Hebrew: תרגיל עוקץ‎

Ido: eskroko (io)
Indonesian: scam
Italian: scam m, fregatura f, truffa (it) f, imbroglio (it) m, raggiro (it) m, inciucio (it) m, tresca (it) f, intrallazzo (it) m, macchinazione (it) f, pastetta f, bidone (it) m, bidonata (it) f
Japanese: 詐欺 (ja) (さぎ, sagi)
Kabuverdianu: kanbalaxu
Khmer: ការបោកប្រាស់ (kaa baok prah), គ្រោងការក្បត់ (krooŋ kaa kbɑt)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: bondefangeri
Polish: oszustwo (pl) n, przekręt (pl) m, szwindel (pl) m
Portuguese: golpe (pt) m, calote (pt) m
Russian: афе́ра (ru) f (aféra), жу́льничество (ru) n (žúlʹničestvo), моше́нничество (ru) n (mošénničestvo); partly: обма́н (ru) m (obmán), надува́тельство (ru) n (naduvátelʹstvo)
Spanish: estafa (es) f, timo (es) m (colloquial), engaño (es) m
Swedish: lurendrejeri (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: dolandırma
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Verb

scam (third-person singular simple present scams, present participle scamming, simple past and past participle scammed)

(transitive) To defraud or embezzle.
They tried to scam her out of her savings.

Synonyms

con

Translations

to defraud or embezzle

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: اِحْتَالَ‎ (iḥtāla)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: estafar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 欺詐 (zh), 欺诈 (zh) (qīzhà), 騙局 (zh), 骗局 (zh) (piànjú), 詐騙 (zh), 诈骗 (zh) (zhàpiàn)
Dutch: oplichten (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: vedättää (fi)
French: entourlouper (fr), arnaquer (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: betrügen (de)

Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Italian: truffare (it), imbrogliare (it), raggirare (it), fregare (it)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Khmer: ស៊ីឆ (sii cʰɑɑ), ឆីឆ (cʰəy-cʰɑɑ), បោកប្រាស់ (baok prah)
Portuguese: aplicar um golpe, lograr (pt)
Russian: обма́нывать (ru) (obmányvatʹ)
Spanish: estafar (es), timar (es)
Swedish: lura (sv), scama (colloquial)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

ACMs, CAMs, CASM, CSMA, M. A. Sc., M.A.Sc., MASc, Macs, SMAC, cams, macs, masc, masc., mcas

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