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fraud

Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɔːd/

The English word “fraud” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
  2. Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.
  3. The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
  4. A person who performs any such trick.
  5. A trap or snare.

verb

  1. To defraud.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English fraude (recorded since 1345), from Old French fraude, a borrowing from Latin fraus (“deceit, injury, offence”).

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