Associations to the word «Scam»

Wiktionary

SCAM, noun. Fraudulent deal.
SCAM, verb. To defraud or embezzle.
SCAM ARTIST, noun. A person who attempts to defraud others by presenting a fraudulent offer and pretending that it is legitimate; a con artist.

Dictionary definition

SCAM, noun. A fraudulent business scheme.
SCAM, verb. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats