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SCAM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fraudulent business scheme

Synonyms:

cozenage; scam

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("scam" is a kind of...):

cheat; rig; swindle (the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme)

Derivation:

scam (deprive of by deceit)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deprive of by deceit

Example:

She defrauded the customers who trusted her

Synonyms:

bunco; con; defraud; diddle; goldbrick; hornswoggle; mulct; nobble; rook; scam; short-change; swindle; victimize

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

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

Derivation:

scam (a fraudulent business scheme)

scammer (a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud)

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