scam(n = noun.act) cozenage - a fraudulent business scheme;
is a kind of cheat, rig, swindle
Derived form verb scam₁

   scam(v = verb.social) bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, short-change, swindle, victimize - deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
is one way to cheat, chisel, rip off
Derived forms noun scam₁, noun scammer₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP

scam, n. US sl.
1 a trick or swindle; a fraud.
2 a story or rumour.

Etymology:
20th c.: orig. unkn.