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Noun(1) intentional deception resulting in injury to another person(2) a person who makes deceitful pretenses(3) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage(4) something intended to deceive(5) deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage(6) trickery(7) deception(8) person who is false(9) deceitful

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(1) In the letter they warn that any attempt at ballot fraud will result in prosecution.(2) You can help stamp out the ID fraud by taking care of all your financial and personal information.(3) This was a fairly seminal case in the evolution of fraud in the criminal law in this country.(4) Five staff face charges of criminal insider trading as well as civil fraud .(5) Prosecutors also dropped wire fraud and computer fraud charges in the agreement.(6) He was later sacked for gross misconduct on the grounds of deception and fraud .(7) He is regularly instructed to defend or prosecute in murder, fraud and other serious crime.(8) Fortunately, all of this is incompetence rather than identity theft or some other fraud .(9) According to Trading Standards, the scheme is nothing more than criminal fraud .(10) he was convicted of fraud(11) The firm collapsed as a result of the biggest securities fraud in the history of the state.(12) If we do not expose him for a fraud and a charlatan we give him credibility.(13) It is a good idea to check with your existing bank as to who would be liable should fraud ever be perpetrated.(14) It works for companies, lawyers and banks investigating anything from fraud to theft.(15) The boy was arrested on fraud and deception charges and bailed until April.(16) Electronic payment fraud has also become a serious issue for financial institutions.
Related Words
(1) insurance fraud
(2) wire fraud
(3) click fraud
Synonyms
Noun
1. fraudulence
2. swindle
3. impostor
4. fake
5. humbug


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

Spare me the homilies.
I can smell a fraud from a mile away.

Spare me the homilies. I can smell a FRAUD from a mile away.

Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 7


I'm not a genius,
I'm a fraud.

I'm not a genius, I'm a FRAUD.

The Big Bang Theory Season 7, Episode 6


- I'm sorry. I'm a fraud. He's a fraud.
- We're both frauds.

- I'm sorry. I'm a FRAUD. He's a FRAUD. - We're both FRAUDs.

The Big Bang Theory Season 3, Episode 3


and again, no insult intended--
but you're a fraud...

and again, no insult intended-- but you're a FRAUD...

The Big Bang Theory Season 7, Episode 21


We now know
why MasterCard sent me a fraud alert.

We now know why MasterCard sent me a FRAUD alert.

The Big Bang Theory Season 10, Episode 20


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