fraud
deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
a particular instance of such deceit or trickery: mail fraud; election frauds.
any deception, trickery, or humbug: That diet book is a fraud and a waste of time.
a person who makes deceitful pretenses; sham; poseur.
Origin of fraud
1synonym study For fraud
Other words for fraud
Other words from fraud
- fraudful, adjective
- fraud·ful·ly, adverb
- an·ti·fraud, adjective
- pre·fraud, noun
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How to use fraud in a sentence
At the Heritage Foundation, von Spakovsky maintains a database of voter fraud cases and, emails show, regularly urges secretaries of state to contribute to it.
No Democrats Allowed: A Conservative Lawyer Holds Secret Voter Fraud Meetings With State Election Officials | by Mike Spies, Jake Pearson and Jessica Huseman | September 15, 2020 | ProPublicaAs we wrote in a paper in May, fraud involving mail-in ballots requires the creation of a paper trail, making it very difficult to scale.
Voting by mail is more secure than the President says. How to make it even safer | matthewheimer | September 13, 2020 | FortuneNorman is also being charged with conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud for attempting to collect on multiple life insurance policies he took out on Montgomery in 2014.
‘Sweetie Pie’s’ Murder-For-Hire Possibly Caused After $200K Stolen From Robbie Montgomery’s Home | Hope Wright | September 11, 2020 | Essence.comThe embattled Paycheck Protection Program, rolled out in April to help keep small businesses alive during shutdowns, has long been flagged for possible fraud.
JPMorgan flags potentially ‘illegal’ actions of employees and PPP loan recipients | Anne Sraders | September 8, 2020 | FortuneAmerican Express is testing technology that is best known for helping create deepfake videos—realistic clips of people saying things they never really said—to fight financial fraud.
Why American Express is trying technology that makes deepfake videos look real | jonathanvanian2015 | September 3, 2020 | Fortune
Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice turned herself in to serve a 15-month sentence for bankruptcy fraud.
How a ‘Real Housewife’ Survives Prison: ‘I Don’t See [Teresa Giudice] Having a Cakewalk Here’ | Michael Howard | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTMoraca pointed to another form of return fraud, involving gift cards.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks | M.L. Nestel | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTReturn fraud has been called the invisible heist—or “de-shopping.”
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks | M.L. Nestel | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMahoney helped author the I-STOP legislation based on data his office collected in regard to fraud.
No More Paper Prescriptions: Docs Fight Fraud by Going Electronic | Dale Eisinger | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe are overwhelmed with data from every quarter, and our capacity to filter fact from fraud is limited.
If the auctioneer could afterward do this he might change the name, substitute another, and so perpetrate a fraud.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesSuppose a bank should pay more than the amount on deposit through no fraud of the holder, from whom can it recover the amount?
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesWhenever the fraud is found out an innocent subscriber can do one of three things.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesOf course if a person has been deceived by an agent, if a fraud has been practised on him, he can avoid his contract.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesIf he wishes to act, he must lose no time after discovering the fraud that has been practiced on him.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney Bolles
British Dictionary definitions for fraud
/ (frɔːd) /
deliberate deception, trickery, or cheating intended to gain an advantage
an act or instance of such deception
something false or spurious: his explanation was a fraud
informal a person who acts in a false or deceitful way
Origin of fraud
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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