💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Scamming"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| conningnoun | (nautical) reckoning |
| bilkingverb | The act of one who bilks (in any sense). |
| defraudingverb | The act of committing fraud. |
| swindlingverb | The act by which somebody is swindled. |
| dupingverb | The act by which somebody is duped, tricked or deceived. |
| fleecedverb | Having a fleece. |
| stealingverb | (uncountable) The action of the verb to steal, theft. |
| trickingverb | (now rare) Deceptive; using trickery. |
| embezzlingverb | embezzlement |
| phishingverb | (computing) The malicious act of keeping a false website or sending a false e-mail with the intent of masquerading as a trustworthy entity in order to acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details. |
| robbingverb | robbery |
| extortingverb | (transitive) To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity. |
| pocketingverb | The act of something being taken (usually illicitly purloined). |
| cheatedverb | Having been tricked or deceived. |
| luringverb | allurement |
| bamboozleverb | (transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone. |
| impersonatingverb | (transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of, especially when there is an intent to deceive. |
| cashingverb | (transitive) To exchange (a check/cheque) for money in the form of notes/bills. |
| preyingverb | (intransitive) To act as a predator. |
| hoodwinkedverb | (transitive, figuratively) To deceive using a disguise; to bewile, dupe, mislead. |
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