scam meaning and definition

SCAM noun

Definition of scam (noun)

1. a fraudulent business scheme
   • synonyms: cozenage

SCAM verb

Definition of scam (verb)

1. deprive of by deceit
   • "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