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scam

noun verb

A fraudulent business scheme

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Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
S
Ends with
M
Contains
CA
Scrabble score
8

How it sounds

Pronunciation

skæm

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. A fraudulent business scheme

verb

  1. Deprive of by deceit

    “He swindled me out of my inheritance”

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Example Sentences

He swindled me out of my inheritance
She defrauded the customers who trusted her

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