pig butcher
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To conduct a pig butchering scam.
Example Sentences
- "Authorities say the average loss per victim of the scheme is around $180,000, but Divya, according to a lawsuit filed against one alleged pig butcher, saw more than $8 million in cryptocurrency disappear into the fraudulent void."
- ""I always thought I’d never fall for something like that," said Steve Belcher, who lost $1.6 million in a pig butcher scam."
- "Pig butchers most often begin by creating a phony online persona, typically accompanied by an alluring photo (which itself might have been stolen) and images that convey a glamorous lifestyle."
- "The modus operandi of the crypto scammers lies on a broad spectrum. Victims are 'pig butchered', a form of love scam, very common on dating apps."
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- "That was October 2021. By December, Cy had been conned out of more than $1 million dollars — over a quarter of it, borrowed money. His finances were in ruins. Cy, who asked Forbes to identify him by that pseudonym, had been "pig butchered.""
Etymology
Back-formation from pig butchering.