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scambait

scambait verb: to pose as a potential victim of a scam, in order to waste the scammer's time and resources.

Verb

scambait (third-person singular simple present scambaits, present participle scambaiting, simple past and past participle scambaited)

  1. (Internet) To pose as a potential victim of a scam, in order to waste the scammer's time and resources.
    • I've long maintained that scambaiting is one of the few sources of ethical "content" out there.2026 July 23, Grant St. Clair, “Trapping a scammer in an endless maze of torment”, in BoingBoing, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2026, retrieved 23 Jul 2026

Forms of scambait

third-person singular presentscambaits
present participlescambaiting
past participlescambaited
pastscambaited

Origin of scambait

From scam + -bait.

Words formed from scambait

Questions about scambait

What does scambait mean?
Scambait means to pose as a potential victim of a scam, in order to waste the scammer's time and resources.
What part of speech is scambait?
Scambait is a verb.
What is the past tense of scambait?
The past tense of scambait is scambaited.

Words near scambait in the dictionary

  1. scamander
  2. scamandered
  3. scamandering
  4. scamanders
  5. Scamazon
  6. scambait
  7. scambaited
  8. scambaiter
  9. scambaiters
  10. scambaiting
  11. scambaits

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