fraud
fraud/frôd/
noun
wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.
"he was convicted of fraud"
synonyms: fraudulence, sharp practice, cheating, swindling, trickery, artifice, deceit, deception, double-dealing, duplicity, treachery, chicanery, skulduggery, imposture, embezzlement, monkey business, funny business, crookedness, hanky-panky, shenanigans, flimflam, jiggery-pokery, monkeyshines, management, knavery, trick, cheat, hoax, subterfuge, stratagem, wile, ruse, swindle, racket, scam, con, con trick, rip-off, leg-pull, sting, kite, diddle, fiddle, swizzle, bunco, boondoggle, hustle, grift, rort
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also : one who defrauds : cheat. b. : one that is not what it seems or is represented to be. The UFO picture was proved to be a fraud.
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Fraud definition: deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
8 days ago · the crime of obtaining money or property by deceiving people: Convicted of tax fraud, he was sentenced to two years in prison.
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Jun 2, 2024 · Fraud is conscious deceit to obtain an unlawful or unethical gain at the expense of another.
A fraud is a something that deceives or tricks another person, usually to get their money. Frauds are dishonest.
a : a person who pretends to be what he or she is not in order to trick people. He claimed he was a licensed psychologist, but he turned out to be a fraud.
fraud in American English · 1. deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.