Thesaurus results for SCAMMER

scammer

noun

ˈska-mər

Definition of scammer

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 Why fake rental listings fool smart people Rental scammers understand timing. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Police warn of sophisticated scheme Chief Timothy Derringer said scammers are contacting the victims, allegedly threatening them into sending a bulk amount of money in either cash or gift cards in packages at local postal offices. — Erika Stanish, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 Some hailed McDonnell as an Anna Delvey-type scammer, justifying her brazen ripoff of faceless lenders by scoffing at the idea that society should feel sympathy for giant corporate entities. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026 Scientists and engineers are working to make tools that can identify fake voices to help stop scammers. — Tam Nguyen, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for scammer

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Noun

In the end, my cheat-code pie crust worked just fine and all was well.

— Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 July 2026
Both trail Messi by two goals in the Golden Boot race, and perhaps the fact that Tuchel has two cheat codes as opposed to one gives him the upper hand.

— Mark Hodge, NBC news, 15 July 2026

Definition of cheat

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The White House is now cracking down on these tariff dodgers.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
Ukraine faces severe personnel shortages with around 200,000 military desertions and 2 million draft-dodgers, threatening its ability to sustain the war against Russia’s 2022 invasion.

— Kirsten Grieshaber, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026

Definition of dodger

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In one shot, the spikes of a stegosaurus’s tail, poking out over a row of foliage, wittily suggest a shark’s fin breaking the surface.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Megalodons were the largest predatory sharks in Earth's history, and went extinct around 4 million years ago.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of shark

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