scamming

Variant of scam

scam definition

☆ scam (skam)

noun

Slang a swindle or fraud; esp. a confidence game

Etymology: prob. altered < scheme

transitive verb scammed, scamming scam′·ming

Slang to cheat or swindle, as in a confidence game

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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