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scambaits

scambaits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scambait.

Meaning of scambait

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

Questions about scambaits

What is scambaits the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Scambaits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scambait.

Words near scambaits in the dictionary

  1. scambait
  2. scambaited
  3. scambaiter
  4. scambaiters
  5. scambaiting
  6. scambaits
  7. scamble
  8. scambled
  9. scambler
  10. scamblers
  11. scambles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scambaits (page history and authors); scambait (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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