fraud
About 6.08 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
- noun Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.
- noun The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
- noun A person who performs any such trick.
- noun A trap or snare.
- verb To defraud.
Similar words
fraudulence imposter impostor faker hoax dupery put-on sham fake pretender
Often followed by
and or in is of on was by upon
Word family
frauds
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