What is the meaning of scam?

noun

• A fraudulent business scheme.
  • synonyms: cozenage

verb

• Deprive of by deceit.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con