Definition of a scam

scam

noun

a fraudulent business scheme; "swindle".
My parents lost their retirement in some internet scam.
- See more words with the same meaning: to take advantage of, cheat, trick.
Last edited on Aug 12 2011. Submitted by Thomas V. on Mar 15 2009.

verb - intransitive

to kiss passionately; "make out". Does not usually apply to sexual intercourse, but can, depending on context.
They were scamming in the back seat of his car.
- See more words with the same meaning: kissing, make out.
- See more words with the same meaning: sex or not-quite-sex (ambiguous terms).
Last edited on Apr 16 2013. Submitted by Emily M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Jan 13 1998.
to flirt.
Damn girl! Stop scammin' wit all the guys!
- See more words with the same meaning: flirting, hit on, pimp, player, wing-man.
Last edited on Aug 02 2010. Submitted by Amanda from Randolph, MA, USA on Oct 11 1998.

verb - transitive

to acquire via underhanded means.
I gotta scam some money before Christmas.

Last edited on Aug 02 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 02 2010.
to defraud; "swindle".

Citation from "The Fight", Parks and Recreation (TV), Season 3 Episode 13 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

Last edited on Aug 12 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 12 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'flirting, hit on, pimp, player, wing-man':
mack daddy	Definitions include: a person who is good at arousing sexual interest in another person.
dirty mack	Definitions include: making sexual advances toward a person when you are already involved in a relationship.
skills	Definitions include: talents, usually with the opposite sex or in business (e.g. drug dealing.)
neg	Definitions include: to say a "neg" (as described in the noun sense) to a person.
mess with	Definitions include: to joke around with someone.
scope out	Definitions include: to watch.
gant	Definitions include: A male in a long term relationship who consistently engages in sexual activity with females other than his significant other.
cruise	Definitions include: to leave.
booty call	Definitions include: a last-minute or previously unplanned request to meet up with someone with the intention of having sex (i.e. getting booty.)
spade	Definitions include: to flirt with a person.
line	Definitions include: a pick-up line.
cro	Definitions include: to "stick to" someone like Velcro.
hobnob	Definitions include: to mingle, usually with the upper class of society.
PUA	Definitions include: acronym for "pick up artist".
*ss wrangler	Definitions include: a man who dates / sleeps with lots of women
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Other terms relating to 'kissing, make out':
French kiss	Definitions include: to kiss with an open mouth, usually placing one's tongue in the other person's mouth.
snog	Definitions include: to kiss passionately; "make out".
muah	Definitions include: onomatopoeia for a kiss.
all over	Definitions include: See be all over.
Yankee nickel	Definitions include: rural US slang for a kiss.
tongue	Definitions include: to French kiss.
NCMO	Definitions include: acronym for "non-committal make out" or - far more rarely - "non-committed make out".
get on	Definitions include: to have sex with.
Yankee dime	Definitions include: rural US slang for a kiss.
french	Definitions include: to kiss with an open mouth, usually placing one's tongue in the other person's mouth.
shift	Definitions include: to kiss a person with tongue-on-tongue contact; "French kiss"; "snog"; "make out".
kissy face	Definitions include: the general shape of a face when kissing someone.
get to 1st base	Definitions include: to kiss, make out.
plant one on	Definitions include: to kiss.
1st base	Definitions include: see get to 1st base.
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Other terms relating to 'sex or not-quite-sex (ambiguous terms)':
get on	Definitions include: to have sex with.
get all up in that	Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse with (usually female).
tang	Definitions include: female genitals.
hook up	Definitions include: a person who provides illegal drugs.
cut some	Definitions include: to fuck around or freak some.
booty	Definitions include: sexual contact.
threesome	Definitions include: a session of sex involving 3 people.
action	Definitions include: sexual activity.
dry sex	Definitions include: simulated sex, without the removal of clothes.
fool around on	Definitions include: to cheat on one's significant other.
session	Definitions include: a period of time during which one engages sexually with another person.
booty call	Definitions include: a last-minute or previously unplanned request to meet up with someone with the intention of having sex (i.e. getting booty.)
mess around	Definitions include: to engage in sexual activity; "fool around".
hook	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "hook up".
sex up	Definitions include: to engage sexually with a person.
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Other terms relating to 'to take advantage of, cheat, trick':
hose	Definitions include: to lie to.
fake	Definitions include: to fail to meet someone at a designated location.
butt diddle	Definitions include: to mistreat.
upper decker	Definitions include: defecating in the tank of a toilet, causing it to clog.
trick	Definitions include: a person being used in a relationship sense for money or what they can do for the user.
get	Definitions include: to leave.
*fck**	Definitions include: to have sex (with).
sponge off	Definitions include: to rely on others for things one wants or needs, especially food, shelter, etc.
rip off	Definitions include: to give someone a bad bargain.
prank monkey	Definitions include: A juvenile who goes and does petty pranks and jokes in the neighborhood.
suck the golden teat	Definitions include: to take advantage of a wealthy provider.
bum steer	Definitions include: To mislead or to give (or receive) bad directions.
screw	Definitions include: to take advantage of.
*take it in the ss**	Definitions include: to be taken advantage of; GET SCREWED.
pimp	Definitions include: a male talented in attracting females.
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Slang terms with the same root words

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white trash	Definitions include: poor, uneducated Caucasians.
badger's nadgers, the	Definitions include: the best.
selfie	Definitions include: a picture of a person taken by themselves.
milk it	Definitions include: Faking it, pretending a sickness.
blow mud	Definitions include: to defecate, usually diarrhea.
negative nancy	Definitions include: a word used to describe someone who is a total downer to be around.
blood	Definitions include: a member of the Bloods gang.
toilet hanging drunk	Definitions include: so drunk that you spend a long time on the bathroom floor hanging onto a toilet bowl while you vomit
I'ma	Definitions include: contraction of "I'm going to".
fraudulate	Definitions include: to steal, screw over, use, or lie to someone.