scam scam /ˈskæm/

noun

1. [Informal] A fraudulent business scheme  ( cozenage [Archaic] , scam [Informal] , rort [Informal, Australian] )
   a fraudulent business scheme
   
   

verb

1. [Informal] Deprive of by deceit  ( bunco [Informal, N. American] , diddle [Informal] , goldbrick [Informal, N. American] , hornswoggle [Informal, N. American] , mulct , nobble [Informal, British] , rook , scam [Informal] , short-change , con [Informal] , defraud , swindle , victimize , grift [Informal, N. American] )
   deprive of by deceit
    He swindled me out of my inheritance
   He swindled me out of my inheritance
    She defrauded the customers who trusted her
   She defrauded the customers who trusted her