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Nigerian prince

noun
/naɪˌdʒɪəɹɪən ˈpɹɪns/

Etymology

Derived from the early instances of advance fee scams in which the perpetrator of the scam would send potential victims an email claiming to be a Nigerian prince seeking to transfer a large amount of money into their country.

Definitions

  1. A cheat who seeks to obtain money through advance fee scams.

    • I fell for a Nigerian prince scam
    • Today, in an increasingly interconnected world, a person is more likely to be robbed by a “Nigerian prince” on the Internet than a masked street thug.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Nigerian, prince.

  3. Alternative letter-case form of Nigerian prince.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA