English Explanatory Dictionary

Macau scam

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A scam where criminals impersonate a legal authority, a lottery, a kidnapper demanding a ransom, or a bank authority, to trick people into paying them money.

Word forms

Macau scam Macau scams

Etymology

From Macau, where such scams were first reported. Compare Tagalog lutong-makaw.

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