fraud

[ frawd ]
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noun
  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.

  1. any deception, trickery, or humbug: That diet book is a fraud and a waste of time.

  2. a person who makes deceitful pretenses; sham; poseur.

Origin of fraud

1
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English fraude, from Old French, from Medieval Latin fraud-, stem of fraus “deceit, injury”

synonym study For fraud

1. See duplicity.

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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British Dictionary definitions for fraud

fraud

/ (frɔːd) /


noun
  1. deliberate deception, trickery, or cheating intended to gain an advantage

  2. an act or instance of such deception

  1. something false or spurious: his explanation was a fraud

  2. informal a person who acts in a false or deceitful way

Origin of fraud

1
C14: from Old French fraude, from Latin fraus deception

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