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The definition of a scam is slang for a fake scheme to steal money or goods.

(noun)

An example of a scam is a company that takes a person's work and never pays him.

To scam is defined as to cheat people out of money.

(verb)

An example of scam is to sell a product, take the money and then never deliver the product.

See scam in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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noun

Slang a swindle or fraud; esp. a confidence game

Origin: prob. altered < scheme

transitive verb scammed, scamming

Slang to cheat or swindle, as in a confidence game

See scam in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A fraudulent business scheme; a swindle.

transitive verb scammed scammed, scam·ming, scams

To defraud; swindle.

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scamˈmer noun

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