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Pious fraud

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(Ch. Hist.) a fraud contrived and executed to benefit the church or accomplish some good end, upon the theory that the end justified the means.
- Mozley & W.

See also: Fraud



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Do you see any particular objection to practicing a pious fraud on Mrs.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
As I wanted to see a schoolmaster or two, and was forewarned that those gentlemen might, in their modesty, be shy of receiving a visit from the author of the "Pickwick Papers," I consulted with a professional friend who had a Yorkshire connexion, and with whom I concerted a pious fraud.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context
Do you mean to invent some sort of pious fraud for your mother's sake?
Under Western Eyes by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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