verb · intransitive · common

scam

scam · scams · scammed · scamming

обманывать, кидать

betrügen

To defraud or embezzleTo defraud or embezzle.

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/ˈskæm/

» I wonder whether or not this is some sort of scam.

Мені цікаво, чи це якесь шахрайство.

Meaning

2 senses

(ambitransitive)To defraud or embezzle.
They tried to scam her out of her savings.
betrügen
обма́ныватьobmányvatʹ, кида́тьkidátʹ
(slang)To seek out a partner for casual sex; to hit on.

More definitions

deprive of by deceit

Examples

141 sentences

I wonder whether or not this is some sort of scam.
Мені цікаво, чи це якесь шахрайство.
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Is this some kind of scam?
Це якесь шахрайство?
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This could be a scam.
Це може бути розводом.
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It's a scam.
Це шахрайство.
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This is a scam.
Це шахрайство.
ruЭто жульничество.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to defraud or embezzle:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to defraud or embezzle:

Origin

US American carnival slang of uncertain origin. Possibly from scamp (“swindler, cheater”)

US American carnival slang of uncertain origin. Possibly from scamp (“swindler, cheater”) or Irish cam (“crooked”). Also possibly from Danish skam; if so, it would be a doublet of shame and sham. First use appears c. 1963 in the periodical Time. The word became common use among the US drug culture when in early 1980, after Operation ABSCAM, an FBI sting operation directed at public officials, became public.

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