Fraud
WordNet
noun
(1) Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
(2) Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
(3) A person who makes deceitful pretenses
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Recorded since 1345, from fraude, from fraus 'deceit, injury'
Noun
- Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain, either valuable financially or comprising a legal right.
- The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end
- One who performs any such trick.
Synonyms
- (criminal) deceit
- trickery
- hoky-poky
- imposture
- (person) faker, fraudster, impostor, cheat(er), trickster
Related terms
- defraud
- fraudulence
- fraudulent
- fraudulently
- fraudulentness
- insurance fraud
- mail fraud
- pious fraud
- wire fraud