scam artist

collocation in English

meaningsofscamandartist

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scam
noun[C]
uk
/skæm/us
/skæm/
an illegal plan for making money, especially one that involves ...
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artist
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɑː.tɪst/us
/ˈɑːr.t̬ɪst/
someone who paints, draws, or ...
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(Definition ofscamandartistfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The two go on a fanatic chase to pin down thescamartist.
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When these psychological tricks are used properly, the statements give the impression that the mentalist, orscamartist, is intuitively perceptive and psychically gifted.
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A notoriousscamartistwho always cheats the people he does business with.
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The traveller is then passed to a newscamartistwho offers to show the foreign traveller the sights.
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When these psychological tricks are used properly, the statements give the impression that the mentalist, or psychicscamartist, is intuitively perceptive and psychically gifted.
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The scam artists who worked the docks would often play this con on a barrel top for the sailors.
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A bigger scam, however, unfolds within the ring of scam artists.
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Most touts are scam artists and most don't have a long term winning record.
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They put up websites talking about experiences with vendors, and track down scam artists on their own.
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No efforts were made by the site to verify identities of its users, making it an attractive payment processor to scam artists.
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It also relates the stories of individuals who lost money and property to scam artists.
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Scam artists will promote drop shipping as a lucrative work from home opportunity.
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Out-of-town bank robbers, scam artists, thieving vagrants and other crooks frequently passed through the area to practice their evil deeds but were no match for the wise and wily sheriff.
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However, there are plenty of scam artists that sometimes follow a concert tour from city to city selling fake tickets to unsuspecting buyers for whatever they can get.
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