scam
Mane (English)
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- A fraudulent deal.
- Something that is promoted using scams.
Synonyms
underhand action
dishonest action
take-in
Pircarînî
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/skæm/
Etîmolojî (English)
US carnival slang of uncertain origin. Possibly from scamp (“swindler, cheater”) or Irish cam (“crooked”). Also possibly from Danish skam; if so, it would be a doublet of shame and sham. First use appears c. 1963 in the periodical Time. The word became common use among the US drug culture when in early 1980, after Operation ABSCAM, an FBI sting operation directed at public officials, became public.
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