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Fraud

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Noun

1. fraud

intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

2. fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer

a person who makes deceitful pretenses

3. dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on

something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fraud

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noun
1. 
deliberate deception, trickery, or cheating intended to gain an advantage
2. 
an act or instance of such deception
3. 
something false or spurious
his explanation was a fraud
4. informal
a person who acts in a false or deceitful way

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Fraud

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noun
1. 
a. 
deceit; trickery; cheating
b.  Law
intentional deception to cause a person to give up property or some lawful right
2. 
something said or done to deceive; trick; artifice
3. 
a person who deceives or who is not what he or she pretends to be; impostor; cheat

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fraud

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n.
1. A deception practiced in order to induce another to give up possession of property or surrender a right.
2. A piece of trickery; a trick.
3.
a. One that defrauds; a cheat.
b. One who assumes a false pose; an impostor.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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