Fraud

Quick meaning: Fraud is a noun meaning (law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.

Meaning

(law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.

More Meanings

1. Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.
2. The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
3. A person who performs any such trick.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To defraud.
5. (obsolete) A trap or snare.

Example Sentences

to draw the proud King Ahab into fraud

When success a lover's toil attends, / Few ask, if fraud or force attain'd his ends.

But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.

Word Forms

• frauds
• frauding
• frauded

Synonyms for fraud

Depending on context, synonyms include swindle, scam, deceit, grift, fiddle, faker.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fraudulence, imposter, impostor, faker, hoax, dupery.

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