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Meaning of "scamming" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCAMMING

scamming play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCAMMING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scamming is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb scamming in English.

WHAT DOES SCAMMING 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.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SCAMMING

PRESENT

Present
I scamming
you scamming
he/she/it scammings
we scamming
you scamming
they scamming
Present continuous
I am scamminging
you are scamminging
he/she/it is scamminging
we are scamminging
you are scamminging
they are scamminging
Present perfect
I have scamminged
you have scamminged
he/she/it has scamminged
we have scamminged
you have scamminged
they have scamminged
Present perfect continuous
I have been scamminging
you have been scamminging
he/she/it has been scamminging
we have been scamminging
you have been scamminging
they have been scamminging
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 scamminged
you scamminged
he/she/it scamminged
we scamminged
you scamminged
they scamminged
Past continuous
I was scamminging
you were scamminging
he/she/it was scamminging
we were scamminging
you were scamminging
they were scamminging
Past perfect
I had scamminged
you had scamminged
he/she/it had scamminged
we had scamminged
you had scamminged
they had scamminged
Past perfect continuous
I had been scamminging
you had been scamminging
he/she/it had been scamminging
we had been scamminging
you had been scamminging
they had been scamminging
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will scamming
you will scamming
he/she/it will scamming
we will scamming
you will scamming
they will scamming
Future continuous
I will be scamminging
you will be scamminging
he/she/it will be scamminging
we will be scamminging
you will be scamminging
they will be scamminging
Future perfect
I will have scamminged
you will have scamminged
he/she/it will have scamminged
we will have scamminged
you will have scamminged
they will have scamminged
Future perfect continuous
I will have been scamminging
you will have been scamminging
he/she/it will have been scamminging
we will have been scamminging
you will have been scamminging
they will have been scamminging
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would scamming
you would scamming
he/she/it would scamming
we would scamming
you would scamming
they would scamming
Conditional continuous
I would be scamminging
you would be scamminging
he/she/it would be scamminging
we would be scamminging
you would be scamminging
they would be scamminging
Conditional perfect
I would have scamming
you would have scamming
he/she/it would have scamming
we would have scamming
you would have scamming
they would have scamming
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been scamminging
you would have been scamminging
he/she/it would have been scamminging
we would have been scamminging
you would have been scamminging
they would have been scamminging
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you scamming
we let´s scamming
you scamming
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to scamming
Past participle
scamminged
Present Participle
scamminging
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.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCAMMING

scam
Scamander
scambaiting
scamble
scambler
scamblingly
scammed
scammer
scammoniate
scammonies
scammony
scamp
scamper
scamperer
scampi
scampish
scampishly
scampishness
scamster
scamto

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCAMMING

becoming
brimming
bumming
computer programming
dimming
drumming
gumming
humming
jamming
programming
ramming
rimming
skimming
slamming
slimming
spamming
stemming
strumming
summing
swimming
trimming

Synonyms and antonyms of scamming in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «scamming» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCAMMING

Find out the translation of scamming to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scamming from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scamming» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

欺骗活动
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

scamming
570 millions of speakers

English

scamming
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

scamming
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الاحتيال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скамминг
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

enganação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

scamming
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

escroquer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Scamming
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Betrügereien
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

詐欺行為
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

속이는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scamming
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

scamming
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

scamming
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्कॅमिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tezgahla
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

truffe
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

scamming
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скамминг
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fraudarea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Εξαπάτηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

scamming
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

scamming
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scamming
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scamming

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCAMMING»

The term «scamming» is regularly used and occupies the 63.674 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCAMMING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «scamming» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «scamming» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scamming

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «SCAMMING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word scamming.
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Melissa Rauch
We must take down the carnies. I think we need to start a campaign to defeat their scamming ways. I never win the boardwalk basketball game.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCAMMING»

Discover the use of scamming in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scamming and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Scamming the Birdman
A professor of neurology and an avid music box collector, Dr. Thomas Purdue investigates the theft of his friend Hugh Curtis's collection of musical snuffboxes and the mysterious death of Hugh's wife, following a trail that leads to Vincent ...
Larry Karp, 2001
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Scamming God
--Molly Ivins This novel cuts through the interlocking scams that define our moral universe. --Kurt Vonnegut What makes this novel work is the author's ability to get us to see ourselves in each character.
Morgan Ibarra, 2008
3
The 9/11 Conspiracy: The Scamming of America
"Scholars argue that the events of September 11, 2001, could not have happened as the U.S. government claims, and that the Twin Towers could not have been brought down merely by the impact of aircraft and attendant fires"--Provided by ...
James H. Fetzer, 2007
4
True Crime Online: Shocking Stories of Scamming, Stalking, ...
Guaranteed to shock and surprise, this book will forever change the way users experience the internet.
Jayne A. Hitchcock, 2012
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THE SOCIOPATH'S GUIDE TO SCAMMING THE SYSTEM
WHEN. A. SOCIOPATH'S. SCAM. BLOWS-UP. When a sociopath's crafted scam blows-up in the predator's face the abuser's behaviors within the inner-nucleus ( i.e. inside of the home where the sociopath is less reserved or not reserved at all  ...
Sereena Nightshade, 2014
6
Scamming the Scammers
Rather than press delete, Don Mullan decided to take the Scammers on at their own game…As a result, welcome to the fantasy world of the saintly Nod and Catherine Nallum and their associates, Bart Ahern, ‘Biggles’ and Fr Jonathan Ross; ...
Don Mullan, 2014
7
Psychological Skullduggery
Where there's much greed, there's the lack of prudence, lack of control, and the art of scamming with complete discretion. The easiest way to scam anybody is to appeal to the person that's looking or desiring more for themselves. Scammers ...
P. Los, 2010
8
Sociality Revisited?: The Use of the Internet and Mobile ...
As a representation of an opaque way of accumulating wealth, scamming practices but also the ways how bushfallers achieve success, are often related to practices of “nyongo” or witchcraft practices, instead of “hard work” (Nyamnjoh ...
Bettina Anja Frei, 2013
9
Connected Play: Tweens in a Virtual World
This rather intense scamming period lasted for only for a short time then disappeared from Zoe's Whyville life as quickly as it had started. We identified Zoe's scamming long after the fact when we looked at her logfiles. Even then, her multiple ...
Yasmin B. Kafai, Deborah A. Fields, 2013
10
"Everybody Does It!": Crime by the Public
Case-Study: 'Scamming' by Restaurant Employees In Ottawa, Lisa Leduc, who has worked for a number of years in local restaurants, conducted a series of interviews of waiters/ waitresses, bartenders, and managers about 'scamming' in the ...
Thomas Gabor, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCAMMING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scamming is used in the context of the following news items.
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Scamming The Bereaved: A Grim Side Business In Syrian Death
How much does hope cost? For many Syrian families the price was counted in tens of thousands of dollars — which many were willing to pay for signs that a ... «NPR, Jul 15»
2
Man Accused of Scamming Elderly in Gwinnett
A man already sitting in the Cherokee County jail for allegedly scamming an elderly victim for services on a stair-lift chair that never happened will face similar ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
3
San Antonio woman charged with scamming immigrants
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- A Texas woman has been accused of scamming immigrants in federal detention centers by pretending to represent attorneys. «KGBT-TV, Jul 15»
4
Joanna Leigh, Boston woman, is accused of scamming marathon …
BOSTON (AP) — A Boston woman charged with scamming the charity set up for survivors of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and fraudulently receiving ... «Washington Times, Jun 15»
5
Watch market trader caught on camera 'scamming customers out of …
This video appears to show a market stall trader conning unwitting customers out of cash with a rigged set of scales. But unfortunately for this woman, her ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
6
Former Connecticut Man Admits Scamming Investors Over Fake …
BRIDGEPORT — A former Connecticut man has pleaded guilty in a $175,000 fraud prosecutors say swindled a dozen investors, including military veterans, who ... «Hartford Courant, Jun 15»
7
Why some Jamaican kids want to grow up to be lottery scammers
Corporal Kevin Watson of Jamaica's Major Organized Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency talks with students during a lottery scamming prevention campaign in ... «PRI, May 15»
8
Nigerian man sentenced after scamming Indiana woman out of …
A Nigerian man has been sentenced for setting up an online dating profile using a photo of Montana's attorney general and scamming an Indiana woman out of ... «Chicago Tribune, Apr 15»
9
Chiropractor accused of scamming seniors in weight loss scam
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Authorities are accusing a Utah chiropractor of charging people thousands of dollars for a phony weight loss scheme that he said ... «Washington Times, Apr 15»
10
Qld woman accused of scamming elderly man
A SUNSHINE Coast woman accused of befriending an elderly man so she could skim money from his bank account, has been charged with fraud. «NEWS.com.au, Apr 15»

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