scam

(skăm) Slang.
n.
A fraudulent business scheme; a swindle.

tr.v., scammed, scam·ming, scams.
To defraud; swindle.

[Origin unknown.]

scammer scam'mer n.

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(SCSI Configured AutoMatically) A subset of Plug and Play that allows SCSI IDs to be changed by software rather than by flipping switches or changing jumpers. Both the SCSI host adapter and peripheral must support SCAM. See SCSI.

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noun
Also skammer Also skammer
noun, orig US

A criminal, esp. a petty crook or swindler. (1972 —) .
L. Sanders 'You're good,' he said, 'but not that good. Never try to scam a scammer' (1980).

[From scam verb + -er.]

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abbr. for substitute cysteine accessibility method; a method used in studying integral membrane proteins, in which specific amino acids are mutated to cysteine and their accessibility is then tested by thiol-reacting chemicals.

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For a list of words related to scam, see:

• Fraud, Treachery, and Deception - scam: fraudulent operation or swindle

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - svindel
v. tr. - svindle

Nederlands (Dutch)
zwendel, bedriegen

Français (French)
n. - arnaque, escroquerie
v. tr. - escroquer

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Slang) Masche
v. - schwindeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ΗΠΑ, αργκό) απάτη, κομπίνα, φημολογούμενο συμβάν
v. - (καθομ.) εξαπατώ

Italiano (Italian)
truffa, truffare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fraude

Русский (Russian)
жульничество, мошенническая проделка

Español (Spanish)
n. - timo, estafa
v. tr. - estafar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - svindel, skoj, konster, info, rykte
v. - svindla, skoja, lura åt sig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
骗钱, 阴谋, 诈取, 骗局, 欺诈

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 騙錢, 陰謀, 詐取, 騙局
v. tr. - 欺詐

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (신용) 사기, 편취
v. tr. - 속이다, 편취하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 詐欺
v. - だます

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حيله بقصد جني المال (فعل) يحتال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תרמית, שמועה‬
v. tr. - ‮הונה, רימה‬

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