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scam

scam

English

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
See also Wikisaurus:deception

Translations

fraudulent deal

Arabic: اِحْتِيَال m ‎(iḥtiyāl)
Catalan: estafa f, enredada f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詭計 (zh), 诡计 (zh) ‎(guǐjì), 騙局 (zh), 骗局 (zh) ‎(piànjú)
Czech: podvod m
Danish: bondefanger
Dutch: oplichting (nl) f, deceptie, bedrog (nl), misleiding (nl)
Esperanto: ŝakro
Finnish: huijaus (fi), vedätys (fi)
French: entourloupe (fr) f, arnaque (fr) f, escroquerie (fr) f
Galician: scam m
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
Japanese: 詐欺 (ja) ‎(さぎ, sagi)
Lao:
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)
Turkish: dolandırma

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

Arabic: اِحْتَالَ ‎(iḥtāla)
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)
Finnish: vedättää (fi)
French: entourlouper (fr), arnaquer (fr)
German: betrügen (de)

Italian: truffare (it), imbrogliare (it), raggirare (it), fregare (it)
Japanese:
Portuguese: aplicar um golpe, lograr (pt)
Russian: обма́нывать (ru) ‎(obmányvatʹ)
Spanish: estafar (es), timar (es)
Swedish: lura (sv)
Turkish:

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