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fraud
[ frawd ]
noun
- deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
- a particular instance of such deceit or trickery:
mail fraud; election frauds.
- any deception, trickery, or humbug:
That diet book is a fraud and a waste of time.
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses; sham; poseur.
fraud
/ frɔːd /
noun
- deliberate deception, trickery, or cheating intended to gain an advantage
- an act or instance of such deception
- something false or spurious
his explanation was a fraud
- informal.a person who acts in a false or deceitful way
Other Words From
- fraudful adjective
- fraudful·ly adverb
- anti·fraud adjective
- pre·fraud noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of fraud1
Word History and Origins
Origin of fraud1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice turned herself in to serve a 15-month sentence for bankruptcy fraud.
Moraca pointed to another form of return fraud, involving gift cards.
Return fraud has been called the invisible heist—or “de-shopping.”
Mahoney helped author the I-STOP legislation based on data his office collected in regard to fraud.
We are overwhelmed with data from every quarter, and our capacity to filter fact from fraud is limited.
If the auctioneer could afterward do this he might change the name, substitute another, and so perpetrate a fraud.
Suppose a bank should pay more than the amount on deposit through no fraud of the holder, from whom can it recover the amount?
Whenever the fraud is found out an innocent subscriber can do one of three things.
Of course if a person has been deceived by an agent, if a fraud has been practised on him, he can avoid his contract.
If he wishes to act, he must lose no time after discovering the fraud that has been practiced on him.
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