scam
verb/skæm/
/skæm/
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they scam | /skæm/ /skæm/ |
| he / she / it scams | /skæmz/ /skæmz/ |
| past simple scammed | /skæmd/ /skæmd/ |
| past participle scammed | /skæmd/ /skæmd/ |
| -ing form scamming | /ˈskæmɪŋ/ /ˈskæmɪŋ/ |
- to cheat somebody in order to get something, especially money, from them
- scam somebody She was scammed by a conman who claimed that he was raising money for charity.
- scam somebody out of something He was arrested for scamming people out of their savings.
- scam somebody into something She scammed him into a relationship and then ran off with his money.
- scam somebody into doing something The company scams customers into buying software they don't need.
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