Usually means: Cheating to manipulate game outcomes.
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  1. scumming: Merriam-Webster
  2. scumming: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. scumming: Collins English Dictionary
  4. scumming: Vocabulary.com
  5. scumming: Wordnik
  6. scumming: Wiktionary
  7. scumming: Dictionary.com
  8. Scumming: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. scumming: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Scumming: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. scumming: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. scumming: FreeDictionary.org
  13. Scumming: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. scumming: Encyclopedia

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  1. Scumming: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See scum as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (scumming)

noun:  (printing) The accumulation of sticky ink on a plate.
noun:  (chiefly in the plural) That which is scummed off; skimmings; scum.
noun:  (video games, derogatory) The strategy of collecting easy rewards in unchallenging areas, e.g. when a high-level character visits levels suitable for low-level characters in roguelike games.
noun:  (video games, derogatory) The act of restoring a game's save file, or restarting the game, for the purpose of continuing play with a better outcome than was obtained the first time.

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