Usually means: Deceptive scheme to steal money.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word scam:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. scam: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. scam: Merriam-Webster
  3. scam: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. scam: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. scam: Collins English Dictionary
  6. scam: Vocabulary.com
  7. scam: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. scam: Wiktionary
  9. scam: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. scam: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. scam: Dictionary.com
  12. scam: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. scam: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Scam (album), Scam (disambiguation), Scam (film), Scam (song), Scam, The Scam (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. scam: Rhymezone
  16. SCAM: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  17. scam: FreeDictionary.org
  18. scam: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. scam: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scam: Legal dictionary

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  2. scam: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  3. Webopedia (No longer online)
  4. SCAM: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. SCAM: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. scam: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. scam, scam, scam, scam: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. scam: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scam: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary

(Note: See scams as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A fraudulent deal.
noun:  Something that is promoted using scams.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To defraud or embezzle.
verb:  (slang) To seek out a partner for casual sex; to hit on.

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