Short forArabscam, later re-explained asAbdul scam after the name of the fictitious company involved, in response to complaints from the American-Arab Relations Committee.

Abscam

1. (US, historical)A code name for asting operation set up by theFBI in the 1970s to thwartbribery inCongress.

• Laurence Urdang (editor),The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975],→ISBN), page 5

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