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scam

[skam] / skæm /


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.

From The Wall Street Journal

What if they fall, get in an accident, have a stroke, get scammed?

From The Wall Street Journal

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