fraud
fraud/frôd/
noun
wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.
"he was convicted of fraud"
synonyms: fraudulence, sharp practice, cheating, swindling, trickery, artifice, deceit, deception, double-dealing, duplicity, treachery, chicanery, skulduggery, imposture, embezzlement, monkey business, funny business, crookedness, hanky-panky, shenanigans, flimflam, jiggery-pokery, monkeyshines, management, knavery, trick, cheat, hoax, subterfuge, stratagem, wile, ruse, swindle, racket, scam, con, con trick, rip-off, leg-pull, sting, kite, diddle, fiddle, swizzle, bunco, boondoggle, hustle, grift, rort
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What is the literal meaning of fraud?
also : one who defrauds : cheat. b. : one that is not what it seems or is represented to be. The UFO picture was proved to be a fraud.
Fraud becomes a crime when it is a “knowing misrepresentation of the truth or concealment of a material fact to induce another to act to his or her detriment” ( ...
Fraud definition: deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
Fraud is both a civil tort and criminal wrong. In civil litigation, allegations of fraud might be based on a misrepresentation of fact that was either ...
6 days ago · Fraud is conscious deceit to obtain an unlawful or unethical gain at the expense of another.
Fraud. The statute does not define the phrase "obtained by fraud." Fraud is defined by nontechnical standards and is not to be restricted by any common-law ...
the crime of obtaining money or property by deceiving people: Convicted of tax fraud, he was sentenced to two years in prison.
It occurs when someone intentionally misrepresents the truth, or withholds or conceals important information, resulting in harm, such as monetary loss. It is ...
a : a person who pretends to be what he or she is not in order to trick people. He claimed he was a licensed psychologist, but he turned out to be a fraud.
Fraud is a deliberate act (or failure to act) with the intention of obtaining an unauthorized benefit, either for oneself or for the institution, by using ...