Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to scam
Participle: scammed
Gerund: scamming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | scam |
| you | scam |
| he;she;it | scams |
| we | scam |
| you | scam |
| they | scam |
Perfect
| I | have scammed |
| you | have scammed |
| he;she;it | has scammed |
| we | have scammed |
| you | have scammed |
| they | have scammed |
Past
| I | scammed |
| you | scammed |
| he;she;it | scammed |
| we | scammed |
| you | scammed |
| they | scammed |
Pluperfect
| I | had scammed |
| you | had scammed |
| he;she;it | had scammed |
| we | had scammed |
| you | had scammed |
| they | had scammed |
Future
| I | will scam |
| you | will scam |
| he;she;it | will scam |
| we | will scam |
| you | will scam |
| they | will scam |
Future Perfect
| I | will have scammed |
| you | will have scammed |
| he;she;it | will have scammed |
| we | will have scammed |
| you | will have scammed |
| they | will have scammed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | scam |
| you | scam |
| he;she;it | scam |
| we | scam |
| you | scam |
| they | scam |
Perfect
| I | have scammed |
| you | have scammed |
| he;she;it | have scammed |
| we | have scammed |
| you | have scammed |
| they | have scammed |
Imperfect
| I | scammed |
| you | scammed |
| he;she;it | scammed |
| we | scammed |
| you | scammed |
| they | scammed |
Pluperfect
| I | had scammed |
| you | had scammed |
| he;she;it | had scammed |
| we | had scammed |
| you | had scammed |
| they | had scammed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would scam |
| you | would scam |
| he;she;it | would scam |
| we | would scam |
| you | would scam |
| they | would scam |
Perfect
| I | would have scammed |
| you | would have scammed |
| he;she;it | would have scammed |
| we | would have scammed |
| you | would have scammed |
| they | would have scammed |
Imperative
| you | scam |
| we | Let's scam |
| you | scam |
Verbs conjugated like 'scam'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'scam'
cam,
sam,
scab,
scag,
scamp,
scan,
scar,
scat,
scram,
scum,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
US American 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. See: Irish '
cam'.
Sample Sentences
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They tried to scam her out of her savings.
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His friend nudged me. "It's true. JJ only scams black ladies." / "You don't say?" / "J-boy scammed a real live Miss Black Universe once. Met her in a disco down in Honduras. Wearing her title. Since then he's been obsessed." [2005, Robert Antoni, Carnival, New York, N.Y.: Black Cat, →ISBN, page 54:]