Meaning of "scam" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF SCAM

scam  [skæm]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCAM

Scam is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb scam in English.

WHAT DOES SCAM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Confidence trick

A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their confidence, in the classical sense of trust. A confidence artist is an individual, operating alone or in concert with others, who exploits characteristics of the human psyche such as dishonesty, honesty, vanity, compassion, credulity, irresponsibility, naïveté, or greed.

Definition of scam in the English dictionary

The definition of scam in the dictionary is a stratagem for gain; a swindle. Other definition of scam is to swindle by means of a trick.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SCAM

PRESENT

Present

I scam

you scam

he/she/it scams

we scam

you scam

they scam

Present continuous

I am scaming

you are scaming

he/she/it is scaming

we are scaming

you are scaming

they are scaming

Present perfect

I have scamed

you have scamed

he/she/it has scamed

we have scamed

you have scamed

they have scamed

Present perfect continuous

I have been scaming

you have been scaming

he/she/it has been scaming

we have been scaming

you have been scaming

they have been scaming

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I scamed

you scamed

he/she/it scamed

we scamed

you scamed

they scamed

Past continuous

I was scaming

you were scaming

he/she/it was scaming

we were scaming

you were scaming

they were scaming

Past perfect

I had scamed

you had scamed

he/she/it had scamed

we had scamed

you had scamed

they had scamed

Past perfect continuous

I had been scaming

you had been scaming

he/she/it had been scaming

we had been scaming

you had been scaming

they had been scaming

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will scam

you will scam

he/she/it will scam

we will scam

you will scam

they will scam

Future continuous

I will be scaming

you will be scaming

he/she/it will be scaming

we will be scaming

you will be scaming

they will be scaming

Future perfect

I will have scamed

you will have scamed

he/she/it will have scamed

we will have scamed

you will have scamed

they will have scamed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been scaming

you will have been scaming

he/she/it will have been scaming

we will have been scaming

you will have been scaming

they will have been scaming

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would scam

you would scam

he/she/it would scam

we would scam

you would scam

they would scam

Conditional continuous

I would be scaming

you would be scaming

he/she/it would be scaming

we would be scaming

you would be scaming

they would be scaming

Conditional perfect

I would have scam

you would have scam

he/she/it would have scam

we would have scam

you would have scam

they would have scam

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been scaming

you would have been scaming

he/she/it would have been scaming

we would have been scaming

you would have been scaming

they would have been scaming

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you scam
we let´s scam
you scam

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to scam

Past participle

scamed

Present Participle

scaming

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SCAM»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «scam» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of scam

diddle · fiddle · racket · stratagem · swindle

TRANSLATION OF SCAM

Find out the translation of scam to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of scam from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scam» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 诡计
• Translator English - Spanish: chanchullo
• English: scam
• Translator English - Hindi: घोटाला
• Translator English - Arabic: خِدَاع
• Translator English - Russian: мошенничество
• Translator English - Portuguese: fraude
• Translator English - Bengali: কেলেঙ্কারি
• Translator English - French: escroquerie
• Translator English - Malay: penipuan
• Translator English - German: Betrug
• Translator English - Japanese: 詐欺
• Translator English - Korean: 사기
• Translator English - Javanese: Scam
• Translator English - Vietnamese: hành động lừa đảo
• Translator English - Tamil: ஊழல்
• Translator English - Marathi: घोटाळा
• Translator English - Turkish: aldatmaca
• Translator English - Italian: imbroglio
• Translator English - Polish: oszustwo
• Translator English - Ukrainian: афера
• Translator English - Romanian: escrocherie
• Translator English - Greek: κομπίνα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: bedrogspul
• Translator English - Swedish: svindel
• Translator English - Norwegian: bedrageri

10 QUOTES WITH «SCAM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word scam.

1

Bill Ackman

Herbalife: the customers are fictitious, the business opportunity is a scam, the university degree is a fraud.

2

James Altucher

The American Dream never really existed. It was a marketing scam.

3

James Altucher

I loved Internet businesses, having built and sold one. And I loved the financial business, despite the fact that it was almost all a scam.

4

James Altucher

I'm scammed almost every day. Or, if not scammed, at the very least someone tries to scam me. Usually more than once a day.

5

Aldrich Ames

I saw a limit to what I was giving as kind of a scam I was running on the KGB, by giving them people that I knew were their double agents fed to us.

6

Aldrich Ames

My little scam in April '85 went like this: Give me $50,000; here's some names of some people we've recruited.

7

Scott Caan

I was a scam artist in high school for a while.

8

Gary Coleman

I can see through almost any scam, especially one perpetrated by the federal government. I can see through it... they can't pull the wool over my eyes, it's absolutely freakin' impossible to pull the wool over my eyes about the government.

9

John Coleman

It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly offended by it. Global Warming; It is a scam. Some dastardly scientists with environmental and political motives manipulated long term scientific data to create an illusion of rapid global warming.

10

John Coleman

Global Warming: It is a hoax. It is bad science. It is high-jacking public policy. It is the greatest scam in history.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCAM»

Discover the use of scam in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scam and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

419 Scam: Exploits of the Nigerian Con Man

"-Ralph A. Gonzales, Special Agent-in-Charge, United States Secret Service "This book by Charles Tive is an excellent portrayal of the 419 scam, its operators, and its basic operations.

Charles Tive, 2006

Scam: How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America

The civil rights establishment, contends Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, has made a career off the downturn of America's inner city, promising solutions but offering only a Band-Aid.

Jesse Lee Peterson, 2003

The Student Loan Scam: The Most Oppressive Debt in U.S. ...

The founder of StudentLoanJustice.org examines the student loan industry, exposing the predatory tactics used by lenders, the lack of protection for borrowers, and the need for progressive changes in the industry.

Alan Collinge, 2009

The Great Tithing Scam: Damned If You Do, and Damned If You ...

Do you know that The book of Malachi was never intended to be instruction to the New Testament church? All the ordinances in Malachi (including tithing) were nailed to Jesus' cross, according to Colossians chapter 2?

A. Bruce Wells, 2006

The Scam: Who Won Who Lost Who Got Away

An attempt to analyze the events of the alleged scandal which took place in the Indian stock market during 1992.

Debashis Basu, Sucheta Dalal, 1993

The Great American Jobs Scam: Corporate Tax Dodging and the ...

For the past 20 years, corporations have been receiving huge tax breaks and subsidies in the name of "jobs, jobs, jobs." But, as Greg LeRoy demonstrates in this important new book, it's become a costly scam.

Greg LeRoy, 2005

Scam: Satan Coming After Me

SCAM: Satan Coming After Me by A.W.

A.w., 2012

Brain Scam

The whole family joins forces to stop the evil child-hater Professor Jocelyn Kreeb from using Emma's latest invention on the unfortunate children in Kreeb's Correct-a-torium.

Jonathan Harlen, 2005

Scam-proof Your Life: 377 Smart Ways to Protect You & Your ...

Provides consumers with information on ways to protect themselves from scams, covering such topics as homes, credit cards, identity theft, and travel.

Sid Kirchheimer, 2007

Chuck Whitlock's Scam School

Describes a variety of fraudulent schemes and offers tips to avoid being the victim of a con artist

Charles R. Whitlock, Chuck Whitlock, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCAM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scam is used in the context of the following news items.

Scam versus scam politics stalls India's reform agenda

So in its response, every afternoon, the BJP has raised alleged scams by chief ministers of Congress-ruled states. The party made graft allegations on Thursday ... «Reuters, Jul 15»

Madhya Pradesh Assembly adjourned indefinitely after ruckus over …

After the listed business was transacted in the House, the session was adjourned sine die following acrimony, noisy scenes and sloganeering over the scam. «Firstpost, Jul 15»

Billionaire at Heart of Vyapam Scam Funded BJP, RSS Leaders: Tax …

The income tax report accessed by NDTV alleges that Sudhir Sharma regularly received lakhs in cash from two colleges linked to the Vyapam scam. That money ... «NDTV, Jul 15»

Vyapam scam is not a big deal for us, it's a small one, says BJP's …

Bhopal: Senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya on Monday stroked a controversy when he termed the 'Vyapam' scam as a "small scandal" even as the CBI took ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»

Vyapam: India federal probe into medical school exam scandal

In a mysterious twist, some 33 people - mostly accused in connection with the scam - have died in the past two years, raising suspicions of foul play. It is not clear ... «BBC News, Jul 15»

Leader of tax-related phone scam sentenced to nearly 15 years in …

Tax-related phone scams have been rampant in the past two years, affecting hundreds of thousands of Americans. But on Wednesday one of the masterminds ... «CNNMoney, Jul 15»

Vyapam scam: Back to back deaths singe Shivraj Chouhan

Coming hours after the death of TV journalist Akshay Singh, who died just after interviewing the family of a scam accused who had died three years ago, ... «Times of India, Jul 15»

It's a scam of words: Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde on …

Mumbai: Terming the charges against her as a "scam of words" , Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde, under fire for awarding contracts worth Rs 206 crore for ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»

Two years on: Over 40 deaths and 2000 arrests in Vyapam scam

Since then, bodies have been piling up of people linked to the multi-layered Vyapam scam. While state officials put the death count at a little over two dozen and ... «Hindustan Times, Jun 15»

BJP's Pankaja Munde accused of Rs 206 cr scam, CM Fadnavis …

Mumbai: Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde was on Wednesday at the centre of a controversy with the Congress accusing her of involvement in a "scam" by ... «Firstpost, Jun 15»