English Explanatory Dictionary

fraud

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
  2. Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.
  3. The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
  4. A person who performs any such trick.
  5. A trap or snare.
verb
  1. To defraud.

Pronunciation

/fɹɔːd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fraud.wav /fɹoːd/ frôd /fɹɔd/ en-us-fraud.ogg frŏd /fɹɑd/ /fɾɔd/ /fɾɔːd/

Word forms

fraud frauds frauding frauded

Etymology

From Middle English fraude (recorded since 1345), from Old French fraude, a borrowing from Latin fraus (“deceit, injury, offence”).

Synonyms

swindle scam deceit grift fiddle faker fraudster imposter trickster bamboozler bouncer bullshitter cheat cheater cogger cony-catcher crammer deceiver deceptor fabricator fabulist falser gabber grifter guiler liar losenger mocker pseudologist rook Scandaroon shammer Spanish athlete swindler swike treacher trucker wernard

Related words

embezzlement false billing false advertising forgery identity theft predatory lending quackery usury white-collar crime

Derived words

419 fraud advance fee fraud affinity fraud antifraud befraud biofraud carousel fraud category fraud click fraud constructive fraud copyfraud counterfraud cyberfraud defraud e-fraud electoral fraud familiar fraud food fraud fraudful fraudience frauditor fraudless fraudmeister fraudonomics fraudproof fraudsman fraud squad fraudulence fraudulent fraudulently fraudulentness friendly fraud insurance fraud mail fraud mandate fraud megafraud missing trader fraud nonfraud odometer fraud pious fraud prefraud return fraud romance fraud tax fraud telefraud vomit fraud wire fraud
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