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scammed

/skæmd/

Meanings
verb
To defraud or embezzle.

Examples :

"They tried to scam her out of her savings."
business finance law moral economy

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of preposition

/ɔv/ /ɒv/ /ə/ /ʌv/

Expressing distance or motion.

"The school is located five miles of the town center. "

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to adverb

/tʉː/ /tuː/ /tu/

Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

"Please push the door to."

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they pronoun

/ðeɪ/

(the third-person plural) A group of people, animals, plants or objects previously mentioned.

"Dogs may bark if they want to be fed."

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defraud verb

/dɪ.ˈfɹɔːd/

To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle.

"The con artist defrauded the elderly woman out of her life savings. "

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or conjunction

/ɔː(ɹ)/ /ɔɹ/ /ɚ/

Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either [...] or".

"He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what."

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scam noun

/skæm/

A fraudulent deal.

"That marketing scheme looks like a scam to me."

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tried adjective

/tɹaɪd/

Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable.

"After years of hard work, she became a tried and trusted friend. "

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savings noun

/ˈseɪvɪŋz/

A reduction in cost or expenditure.

"The shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent."

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embezzle verb

/əmˈbɛzəl/

To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.

"The accountant embezzled funds from the company, causing serious financial problems. "

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out noun

/æɔt/ /ʌʊt/ /ɘʉt/ /aʊt/

A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.

"They wrote the law to give those organizations an out."

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her noun

/ə(ɹ)/ /ɚ/

A female person or animal.

"I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her."