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fraud
/fɹɔd/
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What does fraud mean?
noun
- The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
- Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.
- The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
More meanings (3)
noun
- A person who performs any such trick.
- (obsolete) A trap or snare.
verb
- (obsolete) To defraud.
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IPA pronunciation
/fɹɔd/
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Such is the general rule, which no one can escape without being, ipso facto struck with dishonor or suspected of fraud.
It was not until June 3 that Holmes was put on his trial for fraud, and the following day pleaded guilty.
More book examples (3)
Partly from a happy illusion, partly in a tender fraud, he kept his wife before the world as a still active partner.
Indeed, the most notable trait common to members of such communities is a certain amiable inefficiency when confronted with force or fraud.
Upon being threatened for his fraud, he and his companions began to sing their war song in defiance, and shook their paddles.