scam

Noun
  1. A fraudulent business scheme (synset 100755623)
    is a type of: cheat, rig, swindle - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
    same as: cozenage
Verb
  1. Deprive of by deceit (synset 202578034)
    "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"
    is a type of: cheat, chisel, rip off - deprive somebody of something by deceit
    subtypes: short, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough money
    same as: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, short-change, swindle, victimize

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