as in cheat
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
Internet scammers who never seem to run out of swindles
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Recent Examples of scammer
However, the State Department warns to be careful not to give out too much information in a public message, because identity thieves and scammers might see it and try to take advantage.
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Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
The less information about you that's publicly available, the fewer raw materials scammers have to work with.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
The woman admitted her actions were fueled in part by guilt for having been duped by the scammer in the first place.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Well, the same features that make USDT on Tron appealing to legitimate users have attracted terrorists, drug dealers, money launderers and scammers.
—Nina Bambysheva, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
The less information about you that's publicly available, the fewer raw materials scammers have to work with.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
The woman admitted her actions were fueled in part by guilt for having been duped by the scammer in the first place.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Well, the same features that make USDT on Tron appealing to legitimate users have attracted terrorists, drug dealers, money launderers and scammers.
—Nina Bambysheva, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scammer
Noun
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Frank got his one wild night of partying and returned to prayer, as if spirituality allows for cheat days.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2025
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As faux-fur weather makes way for random pockets of sun and bursts of rain, Zendaya has pieced together the sartorial cheat code for transitional dressing.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
28 Mar. 2025
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The layoffs of roughly 7,000 Internal Revenue Service probationary workers beginning this week probably mean the end of the agency’s plan to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collection, experts say.—
Fatima Hussein,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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The baseball world will look back at this era of dodger baseball 30 years from now and have nothing but fond memories and positive things to say about it.—
Fabian Ardaya,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Only 15 of those animals were meant to be stopped by the nets; the rest were dolphins, rays, turtles and sharks that aren’t considered dangerous.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
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Megalodons were behemoth sharks that roamed the waters starting 20 million years ago and are now extinct.—
Christine Wusylko,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Scammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scammer. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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