Fraud

noun

/fɹɔːd/

Word Frequency: 6.1

Definitions

1.nounThe crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.

2.nounAny act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.

3.nounThe assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.

4.nounA person who performs any such trick.

5.nounA trap or snare.

6.verbTo defraud

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