Defenition of the word fraud
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Defenition of the word fraud
- An act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved, and/or unlawful gain.
- A person who acts dishonestly.
- intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
- deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
Synonyms for the word fraud
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- cheat
- deceit
- deception
- dupery
- fake
- faker
- fraudulence
- hoax
- humbug
- imposter
- impostor
- imposture
- pretender
- pseud
- pseudo
- put-on
- role player
- sham
- trick
Hyponyms for the word fraud
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- barratry
- cheat
- collateral fraud
- constructive fraud
- election fraud
- extrinsic fraud
- fraud in fact
- fraud in the factum
- fraud in the inducement
- goldbrick
- identity theft
- intrinsic fraud
- legal fraud
- mail fraud
- name dropper
- Piltdown hoax
- Piltdown man
- positive fraud
- rig
- ringer
- swindle
Hypernyms for the word fraud
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- beguiler
- cheat
- cheater
- chicane
- chicanery
- crime
- criminal offence
- criminal offense
- deceiver
- guile
- law-breaking
- offence
- offense
- shenanigan
- slicker
- trickery
- trickster
- wile
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