scam

Etymology
US carnival slang of origin. Possibly from or. Also possibly from ; if so, it would be a. First use appears c. 1963 in the periodical . 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.

Noun

 * 1) A fraudulent deal.
 * 2) Something that is promoted using scams.
 * 1) Something that is promoted using scams.
 * 1) Something that is promoted using scams.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: اِحْتِيَال
 * Armenian:
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: нечестна сделка,
 * Catalan:, enredada
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: bondefanger
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto: trompo, friponaĵo
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, , , , à caractère frauduleux, ,
 * Galician: calote
 * Georgian:
 * German:, , , , , Trickbetrug
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: תרגיל עוקץ,, תרמית
 * Hindi:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: scam
 * Italian:, , , , , , , , , pastetta, , , ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kabuverdianu: kanbalaxu
 * Khmer: ការបោកប្រាស់, គ្រោងការក្បត់
 * Lao:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: и́змама, дала́вера, ду́бара
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian: bondefangeri
 * Plautdietsch: Schwindel
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:, , embrulhada, , ,
 * Punjabi: ਸਕੈਮ
 * Russian:, , ; partly: ,
 * Spanish:, (colloquial), , engañifa, , tejemaneje,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: dolandırma
 * Vietnamese: trò lừa đảo

Verb

 * 1)  To defraud or embezzle.
 * 2)  To seek out a partner for casual sex; to hit on.
 * 1)  To seek out a partner for casual sex; to hit on.
 * 1)  To seek out a partner for casual sex; to hit on.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: اِحْتَالَ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: prifriponi
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi:
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ស៊ីឆ, ឆីឆ, បោកប្រាស់
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: и́змами, ма́ми
 * Portuguese: aplicar um golpe,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, scama
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:

Etymology
Attested only in the plural form. From. Cognate with 🇨🇬 ("light") and 🇨🇬 ("(pair of) lungs"), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) lung