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scamdemic

scamdemic noun: a period of time where the idea of an ongoing pandemic is used to defraud the general public.

Noun

scamdemic (plural scamdemics)

  1. (derogatory, informal, neologism) A period of time where the idea of an ongoing pandemic is used to defraud the general public.
    • A similar protest in San Francisco drew about 40 people across the back entrance to City Hall, waving American flags and holding signs, saying things like “Scamdemic!” and “Newsom is a Dictator!”2020 May 1, Alexei Koseff, Trisha Thadani, “CHP arrests protesters in Sacramento who defy shelter-in-place order to demand California reopen”, in San Francisco Chronicle
    • “We are now at the stage where instead of having a pandemic it’s becoming a scamdemic. […]”2020 June 1, Craig Farrell, Ann Mooney, “Coronavirus in Ireland – McGrath calls for end to ‘scamdemic’ as TDs demand lockdown eases to help kick-start economy”, in The Irish Sun
  2. (informal, neologism) A reference to the influx of scam cases worldwide.
    • Many factors have contributed to the global scamdemic, which stands for the influx of online scams during the pandemic on a scale never seen before: a multitude of fraud schemes and their modifications, the automation of most attack stages, the targeting of specific companies and industries, the...2021 June 11, “Global Scamdemic: Scams Become Number One Online Crime”, in Cyber Security Asean, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2021
    • Such rampant cybercrimes have raised concerns about an epidemic of scams – scamdemic – a term coined by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.2023 December 10, Arman Rashid, “Growing ‘Scamdemic’ due to evolving online scams”, in The Star (Malaysia)

Forms of scamdemic

pluralscamdemics

Origin of scamdemic

Blend of scam + pandemic. Coined by conspiracy theorists to describe the COVID-19 pandemic and the actions of governments and other organizations in response to it.

Questions about scamdemic

What does scamdemic mean?
Scamdemic means a period of time where the idea of an ongoing pandemic is used to defraud the general public.
What part of speech is scamdemic?
Scamdemic is a noun.
What is the plural of scamdemic?
The plural of scamdemic is scamdemics.

Words near scamdemic in the dictionary

  1. scamblings
  2. scambot
  3. scambots
  4. scamcoin
  5. scamcoins
  6. scamdemic
  7. scamdemics
  8. scamel
  9. scamels
  10. scamera
  11. scameras

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