fraud
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɔːd
[edit] Etymology
Recorded since 1345, from Old French fraude, from Latin fraus 'deceit, injury'
[edit] Noun
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fraud (plural frauds)
- Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
- The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end
- One who performs any such trick.
[edit] Synonyms
- (criminal) deceit
- trickery
- hoky-poky
- imposture
- (person) faker, fraudster, impostor, cheat(er), trickster
[edit] Related terms
- defraud
- fraudulence
- fraudulent
- fraudulently
- fraudulentness
- insurance fraud
- mail fraud
- pious fraud
- wire fraud
[edit] Translations
an act of deception
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one who performs fraud
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[edit] See also
- embezzlement
- false billing
- false advertising
- forgery
- identity theft
- predatory lending
- quackery
- usury
- white-collar crime
[edit] Verb
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to fraud (third-person singular simple present frauds, present participle frauding, simple past and past participle frauded)
[edit] Translations
defraud — see defraud
