fraud

fraud  (frôd)

n.

1. A deception deliberately practiced in order to secure unfair or unlawful gain.

2. A piece of trickery; a trick.

3.

a. One that defrauds; a cheat.

b. One who assumes a false pose; an impostor.

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[Middle English fraude, from Old French, from Latin fraus, fraud-.]

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fraud

Noun

1. deliberate deception or cheating intended to gain an advantage

2. an act of such deception

3. Informal a person who acts in a false or deceitful way [Latin fraus]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fraud - intentional deception resulting in injury to another person crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" barratry - (maritime law) a fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargo; includes every breach of trust such as stealing or sinking or deserting the ship or embezzling the cargo identity theft - the co-option of another person's personal information (e.g., name, Social Security number, credit card number, passport) without that person's knowledge and the fraudulent use of such knowledge mail fraud - use of the mails to defraud someone election fraud - misrepresentation or alteration of the true results of an election constructive fraud, legal fraud - comprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable or legal duty or trust or confidence collateral fraud, extrinsic fraud - fraud that prevents a party from knowing their rights or from having a fair opportunity of presenting them at trial fraud in fact, positive fraud - actual deceit; concealing something or making a false representation with an evil intent to cause injury to another fraud in the factum - fraud that arises from a disparity between the instrument intended to be executed and the instrument actually executed; e.g., leading someone to sign the wrong contract fraud in the inducement - fraud which intentionally causes a person to execute and instrument or make an agreement or render a judgment; e.g., misleading someone about the true facts intrinsic fraud - fraud (as by use of forged documents or false claims or perjury) that misleads a court or jury and induces a finding for the one perpetrating the fraud swindle, cheat, rig - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
	2.	fraud - a person who makes deceitful pretenses faker, imposter, impostor, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, pretender, fake beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true name dropper - someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends ringer - a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
	3.	fraud - something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage dupery, hoax, put-on, humbug, fraudulence chicanery, wile, shenanigan, trickery, guile, chicane - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) goldbrick - anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless

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fraud

noun 1. deception, deceit, treachery, swindling, guile, trickery, duplicity, double-dealing, chicanery, sharp practice, imposture, fraudulence, spuriousness << OPPOSITE honesty

noun 2. scam, craft, cheat, sting (informal) deception (slang) artifice, humbug, canard, stratagems, chicane

noun 3. hoax, trick, cheat, con (informal) deception, sham, spoof (informal) prank, swindle, ruse, practical joke, joke, fast one (informal) imposture, fastie Austral. (slang)

noun 4. (Informal) impostor, cheat, fake, bluffer, sham, hoax, hoaxer, forgery, counterfeit, pretender, charlatan, quack, fraudster, swindler, mountebank, grifter (slang), chiefly U.S., Canad. double-dealer, phoney or phony (informal)

Translations

fraud [frɔːd] n → fraude m (= person); impostor/a m/f

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fraud [frɔːd] n → supercherie f, fraude f, tromperie f (= person); imposteur m

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fraud [frɔːd] n → Betrug m;

(person) → Betrüger(in) m(f)

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fraud [frɔːd] n → truffa;

(LAW) → frode f;

(person) → impostore/a

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fraud

n fraud [froːd]

1 (an act of) dishonesty He was sent to prison for fraud. bedrog خِداع، إحْتيال، غِش измама podvod bedrageri der Betrug απάτη fraude pettus کلاهبرداری petos fraude הוֹנָאָה छल, कपट, धोखा prevara, varka csalás penipuan (fjár)svik frode 詐欺 사기 sukčiavimas krāpšana penipuan fraude svindel, bedrag(eri) oszustwo fraude fraudă мошенничество podvod goljufija prevara bedrägeri การต้มตุ๋น; การหลอกลวง sahtekârlık 欺騙 шахрайство چال بازی sự lừa đảo 欺骗

2 a person who pretends to be something that he isn't That man is not a famous writer, he's a fraud. bedrieër خَدّاع، غَشّاش، مُزَوِّر измамник podvodník svindler; bedrager der Hochstapler απατεώνας impostor petis آدم کلاهبردار huijari imposteur נוֹכֵל धोखेबाज varalica, prevarant szélhámos gadungan svikari, loddari impostore ぺてん師 사기꾼, 협잡꾼 apgavikas, apsimetėlis krāpnieks lagak seperti bedrieger svindler, bedrager uzurpator impostor impostor мошенник podvodník goljuf prevarant bluff นักต้มตุ๋น; คนหลอกลวง sahtekâr 騙子 шахрай جھوٹا فریبی شخص kẻ lừa đảo 骗子

adj fraudulent [-djulənt, (American ) -dʒulənt]

dishonest or intending to deceive fraudulent behaviour. bedrieglik إحْتيالي، غَشّاش измамен falešný svindlerisk; bedragerisk betrügerisch δόλιος fraudulento petturlik فریب آمیز petollinen frauduleux רַמַאי बेइमान lažljiv, sklon prevari tisztességtelen mengecoh prettvís; sviksamlegur fraudolento 詐欺の 속이려는, 부정한 apgavikiškas krāpniecisks; viltus penipuan frauduleus falsk, bedragersk, svikefull oszukańczy fraudulento necinstit фальшивый falošný goljufiv prevarantski bedräglig ซึ่งฉ้อโกง sahte 欺騙性的 шахрайський پر فریب thuộc lừa đảo 欺骗性的

adv fraudulently

bedrieglike باحْتيال измамно falešně svindleriskt; bedrageriskt betrügerisch δόλια fraudulentamente petturlikult بطور فریب آمیز petollisesti frauduleusement בְּמִרמָה बेईमानी से lažljivo, varljivo csalárdul secara mengecoh sviksamlega fraudolentemente 不正に 속여서, 부정하게 apgavikiškai krāpnieciski secara menipu frauduleus falskt, svikefullt oszukańczo fraudulentamente necinstit фальшиво falošne goljufivo, na črno prevarantski bedrägligt อย่างฉ้อโกง sahtekârlıkla 欺騙性地 обманно فریب سے một cách lừa đảo 欺骗性地

n fraudulence

bedrog احْتيال،خِداع، غِش، تَزْوير измамване faleš svindel; bedrageri die Betrügerei δολιότητα fraudulencia petturlikkus حقه بازی petollisuus caractère frauduleux רַמָאוּת कपट, चालबाजी varanje, prevara csalás; csalárdság sifat mengecoh sviksemi fraudolenza 詐欺 사기, 부정 apgaulė krāpšana berkaitan penipuan bedrog falskhet, svik, uredelighet oszukaństwo fraudulência înşelăciune фальшивость faloš, podvodníctvo goljufivost prevara bedräglighet ความฉ้อโกง sahtekârlık 欺騙性 шахрайство فریب کاری sự lừa đảo 欺骗性