Definitions
a fraudulent business scheme
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“That marketing scheme looks like a scam to me.”
“That new diet burger is a scam.”
“They tried to scam her out of her savings.”
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01“Fraud”4 letters
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