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What is another word for scams?

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Verb

To gain an advantage or profit by using unfair or deceitful methods

To deal with underhandedly

To describe or express in too exaggerated terms

To alter something from its true state, typically to deceive

Plural for a fraudulent scheme, deal or act

Plural for a clever or devious plan or scheme

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Verb

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To gain an advantage or profit by using unfair or deceitful methods

victimises^UK

victimizes^US

leads up the garden path

gives someone a bum steer

takes to the cleaners

pulls the wool over someone's eyes

leads down the garden path

sells a bill of goods

sells a bill of goods to

pulls something funny

beats around the bush

cops out

worms one's way out of

plays a practical joke on

does someone in the eye

puts on the wrong track

puts up smoke screen

gives the wrong impression

sends on a wild goose chase

throws off the scent

gives wrong information to

twists around your little finger

maneuvers^US

manoeuvres^UK

exploits a loophole in

balks^US

slips something over on

baulks^UK

puts someone up to something

plays fast and loose with

terrorizes^US

picks on

blackmails

gives the runaround

sends on a wild-goose chase

makes somebody look an idiot

makes a monkey out of

arranges fraudulently

terrorises^UK

tells a terminological inexactitude

says something untrue

departs from the truth

puts someone off their stride

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Verb

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To deal with underhandedly

Verb

To describe or express in too exaggerated terms

colours^UK

dramatises^UK

dramatizes^US

colors^US

emphasises^UK

emphasizes^US

makes too much of something

makes a federal case of

lays it on with a trowel

blows something out of all proportion

blows up out of all proportion

lays it on with a shovel

lays on

makes a production out of

draws the longbow

makes mountains out of molehills

shoots a line

cooks up

blows out of proportion

lays it on thick about

bigs up

makes a drama out of a crisis

lays it on with a trowel about

Verb

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To alter something from its true state, typically to deceive

Noun

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Plural for a fraudulent scheme, deal or act

pretence^UK

pretense^US

maneuvers^US

manoeuvres^UK

phonies^US

phoneys^UK

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“This whole business was one big scam to rope me in, and you never planned to keep your end of the bargain.”

Noun

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Plural for a clever or devious plan or scheme

maneuvers^US

manoeuvres^UK

programs^US

programmes^UK

pretence^UK

pretense^US

draft^US

draught^UK

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“He'll come up with a clever scam to prevent the wrath of the people.”

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