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fraud 
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| 1. | deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage. |
| 2. | a particular instance of such deceit or trickery: mail fraud; election frauds. |
| 3. | any deception, trickery, or humbug: That diet book is a fraud and a waste of time. |
| 4. | a person who makes deceitful pretenses; sham; poseur. |
[Origin: 1300–50; ME fraude < OF < ML fraud- (s. of fraus) deceit, injury]
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fraudful, adjective
fraud·ful·ly, adverb
| Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
Fraud
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[Middle English fraude, from Old French, from Latin fraus, fraud-.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
fraud
"criminal deception," 1345, from O.Fr. fraude, from L. fraudem (nom. fraus) "deceit, injury." The noun meaning "impostor, humbug" is attested from 1850. Pious fraud "deception practiced for the sake of what is deemed a good purpose" is from 1563.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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| 1. | intentional deception resulting in injury to another person |
| 2. | a person who makes deceitful pretenses |
| 3. | something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
fraud1 [froːd] noun
(an act of) dishonesty
Example: He was sent to prison for fraud.
fraud2 [froːd] nounExample: He was sent to prison for fraud.
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a person who pretends to be something that he isn't
Example: That man is not a famous writer, he's a fraud.
See also: fraudulentExample: That man is not a famous writer, he's a fraud.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Fraud
De*cep"tion\, n. [F. d['e]ception, L. deceptio, fr. decipere, deceptum. See Deceive.]1. The act of deceiving or misleading. --South. 2. The state of being deceived or misled. There is one thing relating either to the action or enjoyments of man in which he is not liable to deception. --South. 3. That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat; fraud. There was of course room for vast deception. --Motley. Syn: Deception, Deceit, Fraud, Imposition. Usage: Deception usually refers to the act, and deceit to the habit of the mind; hence we speak of a person as skilled in deception and addicted to deceit. The practice of deceit springs altogether from design, and that of the worst kind; but a deception does not always imply aim and intention. It may be undesigned or accidental. An imposition is an act of deception practiced upon some one to his annoyance or injury; a fraud implies the use of stratagem, with a view to some unlawful gain or advantage.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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