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Definition of scam verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

scam

verb

NAmE//skæm//

scam somebody (out of something) scam something (from somebody) (informal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they scam he / she / it scams past simple scammed -ing form scamming

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to trick someone into giving you money a guy that scams the elderly out of their savings

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