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fraud.

The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfɹɔːd/Received-Pronunciation[ˈfɹʷɔːd]Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɹoːd/Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard[ˈfɹʷoːd]Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard

  1. The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.

    countable · uncountable

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

    countable · uncountable

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

    countable · uncountable

  4. A person who performs any such trick.

    countable · uncountable

  5. A trap or snare.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

verb/ˈfɹɔːd/Received-Pronunciation[ˈfɹʷɔːd]Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɹoːd/Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard[ˈfɹʷoːd]Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard

  1. To defraud.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

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

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