scam
Meanings
Noun
- A fraudulent deal.
- Something that is promoted using scams.
Verb
- To defraud or embezzle.
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Origin
- US carnival slang. Possibly from scamp. Also possibly from skam.
- The word "scam" became common use among the US "drug culture" in early 1980 after Operation ABSCAM, an FBI sting operation directed at public officials, became public.
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