The Clue
Con man's specialty (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SCAM
Tags
Notes
The answer SCAM is seen frequently, appearing about once every 80 puzzles.
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Con
Defraud
Dupe
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Fleece
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Hoodwink
Ripoff
Sting
Swindle
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Confidence game
Entrapment ploy
Hornswaggler's forte
Ponzi scheme
Rip off
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Shell game
Swindler's ruse
Action shared by a shill
Con artist's art
Con artist's game
Con man's con
Con man's ruse
Con man's scheme
Game of no chance
One may take you in
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Ponzi scheme, e.g.
Shell game, e.g.
Case for the consumer affairs bureau
Fast shuffle, so to speak
One reported to the Better Business Bureau
Three-card monte, e.g.
Bernie Madoff's hedge fund, e.g.
E-mail from a Nigerian prince, usually
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Definition
SCAM as a noun:
1. (scam, cozenage) = a fraudulent business scheme
SCAM as a verb:
1. (victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con) = 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"