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Definition of 'fraud'English
Noun
( en-noun)
Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
* Alexander Pope
- If success a lover's toil attends, / Few ask, if fraud or force attained his ends.
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The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
A person who performs any such trick.
(obsolete) A trap or snare.
* Milton
- to draw the proud King Ahab into fraud
Synonyms
* (criminal) deceit
* trickery
* hoky-poky
* imposture
* (person ) faker, fraudster, impostor, cheat(er), trickster
Related terms
* defraud
* fraudulence
* fraudulent
* fraudulently
* fraudulentness
* insurance fraud
* mail fraud
* pious fraud
* wire fraud
See also
* embezzlement
* false billing
* false advertising
* forgery
* identity theft
* predatory lending
* quackery
* usury
* white-collar crime
Verb
( en-verb)
(obsolete) To defraud
Similar to 'fraud'ford, farad, fard, fried, fired, freed, fyrd, feared, fiord, fared, frayed, furred, faired, ferd, feard, fraid, frood, ferrod
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