Gambit and Scam

Gambit

Gambit noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Scam and gambit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scam" instead a noun "Gambit".

Scam noun - An instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value.

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Gambit and scam are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gambit" instead a noun "Scam".

old	old gambit	old scam
good	good gambit	good scam
long	long gambit	long scam
elaborate	elaborate gambit	elaborate scam
Other adjectives: similar, complex, perfect, fake, obvious, entire, real, successful, massive, complicated, huge, clever, grand, new, major, minor, classic, last, latest, aforementioned.

There's also the episode "The God Gambit" from Generation 1 - the people of Titan worship a massive statue as a god, but this turns out to be a scam run by the priesthood.

Source: First Church of Mecha
Uriah Gambit: In Salvation's Reach Meryn leaves Costin to die against the loxatl to stop him spilling the truth about their fraud scam to Gaunt.

Source: Literature / Gaunt's Ghosts
In Gambit, Harry Deane hates his job as an art curator, and plans to use it to scam his boss out of approximately 12 million pounds sterling with a forgery.

Source: Take This Job and Shove It

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