fraud
IPA: frˈɔd
noun
- (law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
- Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.
- The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
- A person who performs any such trick.
- (obsolete) A trap or snare.
verb
- (obsolete) To defraud
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Examples of "fraud" in Sentences
- Mortgage fraud schemes proliferate.
- A fraud is a con artist, a huckster.
- Those involved fraud and malfeasance.
- They say that the bonhomie was a fraud.
- The standard describes the fraud triangle.
- The only fraud is the perpetuation of lies.
- Electoral fraud is treasonable and criminal.
- The sentence depends on the amount of the fraud.
- This increased the revenues and decreased the fraud.
- Breaking the Fraud Triangle is the key to fraud deterrence.