scam
Example Sentences
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Parents have long wanted to maintain their independence while the kids worry about them becoming increasingly vulnerable to injury and scams.
What if they fall, get in an accident, have a stroke, get scammed?
Outraged, he contacted a consumer investigative unit with the Telemundo 52 station in Los Angeles that defends Spanish-speaking viewers against fraud, scams and injustices.
From Los Angeles Times
A lower court last year handed the veteran 57-year-old politician a five-year ban from public office over a fake jobs scam at the European Parliament, dashing her presidential ambitions.
From Barron's
The scam they devised at the dining hall to score free breakfasts.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.