fraud
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Pronunciation
- IPA /fɹɔːd/
Noun
fraud noun
- The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
- 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.
- A person who performs any such trick.
Verb
fraud verb
- To defraud
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Synonyms
cheatfakerfraudsterimpostortricksterdeceitgrifthoky-pokyimposturescamswindletrickeryfraudulenceimposterhoaxduperyput-onsham
Associated
launderingdefraudmisrepresentationembezzlementracketeeringevasionforgeryfraudulentperjurybriberyperpetrated
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