Fraud

What do we mean by fraud?

A deception practiced in order to induce another to give up possession of property or surrender a right. noun

A piece of trickery; a trick. noun

One that defrauds; a cheat. noun

One who assumes a false pose; an impostor. noun

To cheat; defraud.

An act or course of deception deliberately practised with the view of gaining a wrong or unfair advantage; deceit; trick; an artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured. noun

Specifically, in law, an artifice employed by one person for the purpose of deceiving another, to the prejudice of his right; the causing or making use of the error of another for the attainment of an illegal object. noun

A position artfully contrived to work damage or prejudice; a snare. noun

A deceiver; a cheat; a pretender; also, a fraudulent production; something intended to deceive. noun

A person who talks piously, but is not pious at heart; a religious humbug. noun

Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick. noun

An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of obtaining some valuable thing or promise from another. noun

A trap or snare. noun

An act, statement, or omission which operates as a fraud, although perhaps not intended to be such. noun

A fraud contrived and executed to benefit the church or accomplish some good end, upon the theory that the end justified the means. noun

An English statute (1676), the principle of which is incorporated in the legislation of all the States of this country, by which writing with specific solemnities (varying in the several statutes) is required to give efficacy to certain dispositions of property. noun

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

The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end. noun

A person who performs any such trick. noun

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 and/or unlawful gain.

The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.

A person who performs any such trick.

A trap or snare.

Words that are spelled similarly to fraud:
fraud, braud, frau, freud, frand, fraid, frad, fraus, faud, frud, raud.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word fraud:
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Words that rhyme with fraud:
god, rod, facade, pod, broad, odd, nod, cod, elrod, squad, abroad, laud, sod, prod, quad, applaud, petard, mod, wad, plod, tod, braud, defraud, flawed, shod, trod, arthropod, awed, laude, tripod, roughshod, goldenrod, slipshod, esplanade, escalade, maraud, ramrod, baud, scrod, bawd, claud, claude, aud, cephalopod, thawed, maud, todd, backboard, strawed, maude, ballade, tightwad, belgrade, jawed, pernod, ipod, saud, brod, sawed, assad, riyadh, mossad, fahd, word of god, clawed, brachiopod, outlawed, novgorod, rashad, gnawed, plaud, riad, dodd, hot rod, chaud, cawed, codd, raad, baaed, chmod, lightning rod, pawed, seedpod, hawed, peapod, riyad, seesawed, schrod, act of god, chawed, abad, yawed, sprod, saad, penrod, cape cod, glod, natividad, antifraud, tawed.

Adjectives that are often used to describe fraud:
pious, electoral, such, actual, financial, outright, deliberate, massive, old, constructive, gross, widespread, possible, corporate, criminal, much, gigantic, scientific, intentional, conscious, legal, commercial, complete, potential, serious, literary, big, mere, alleged, downright, obvious, palpable, successful, online, greatest, blatant, biggest, wholesale, scale, medical, colossal, systematic, monstrous, petty, civil, extensive, stupendous, extrinsic, academic, pure, anti, intellectual, wilful, transparent, actionable, intended, huge, ingenious, elaborate, infamous, related, absent, clever, sheer, fiscal, cruel, equitable, unconscious, apparent, double, impudent, secret.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective fraud:
provisions, exception, cases, case, program, measures, proof, charges, provision, rules, detection, statutes, prevention, laws, statute, unit, scheme, investigation, scandal, law, pointer, market, conviction, efforts, charge, policy, activities, continued, trial, rule, firms, conspiracy, related, trials, programs, order, section, culture, office, schemes, legislation, control, campaign, suits, indictment, liability, measure, strategy, screening, prosecutions, abuse, enforcement, division, becomes, prosecution, regulations, lawsuits, penalty, notes, experts, ring, orders, squad, bill, containment, team, policies.

Consonant match to fraud:
frayed, fred, fried, freed, freud, froude, froid, freda, friede, freid, frede, fread.

Words that sound like fraud:
fraud, fraude, frod, froude, fried, fred, freed, frayed, freud, fraught, fraid, furrowed, freda, froid, freid, fride, frid, freude, frad, froyd, frud, frode, friede, froide, firat, ferrat, fruit, fright, fret, freight, frat, furled, frauds, ferd, furred, frett, frit, freet, frite, frut, frate, furd, frd, off-road, fraight, ferned, furld, freit, frote, frnd, pferd, fritt, ferde, frowned, fod, frow, frond, frau, froward, fodd, fahd, fronde, frogged, faade, first, fade, afraid, feed, fed, feud, fad, faught, fied, fide, fid, fead, fert, fervid, faid, firmed, faut, fidh, ferried, fede, farid, farad, fadd, feid, fayed, fedd, fiot, fareed, firry, -free, affrayed, farrowed, fadh, ferriday, fidd, ferid.