scamware

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UK/ˈskæm.weə(ɹ)/

noun

Software that fraudulently fails to do what it is claimed to do.

OriginEnglish softwarebf. ← Middle English ware ← Old English waru →
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Meanings

nounscamware (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputingSoftware that fraudulently fails to do what it is claimed to do.

Origin

  1. Englishscam
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  3. Proto-Germanic*samþuz /*samftuz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  5. Old Englishsōfte
  6. Middle Englishsofte
  7. Englishsoft
  8. Proto-Germanic*warō
  9. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  10. Old Englishwaru
  11. Middle Englishware
  12. Englishsoftwarebf.
  13. Englishscamware

From scam + -ware.

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

scamware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scamware

MLA

“scamware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scamware. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scamware,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scamware.

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