Definition of fraud

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Fraud (n.) 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.

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Supposititious :: Supposititious (a.) Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious writing..
Detection :: Detection (n.) The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or hidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the detection of fraud, forgery, or a plot..
Elusory :: Elusory (a.) Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive.
Fleece :: Fleece (v. t.) To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions..
Ruse :: Ruse (n.) An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
Defrauder :: Defrauder (n.) One who defrauds; a cheat; an embezzler; a peculator.
Honesty :: Honesty (a.) The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile..
Bite :: Bite (v.) A cheat; a trick; a fraud.
Fraudful :: Fraudful (a.) Full of fraud, deceit, or treachery; trickish; treacherous; fraudulent; -- applied to persons or things..
Cozener :: Cozener (n.) One who cheats or defrauds.
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out.
Stellular :: Stellionate (n.) Any fraud not distinguished by a more special name; -- chiefly applied to sales of the same property to two different persons, or selling that for one's own which belongs to another, etc..
Fraudulency :: Fraudulency (n.) The quality of being fraudulent; deliberate deceit; trickishness.
Crook :: Crook (n.) A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc..
Collusion :: Collusion (n.) A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.
Trick :: Trick (v. t.) To deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse..
Bankrupt :: Bankrupt (n.) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors..
Sham :: Sham (n.) That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug..
Stuff :: Stuff (n.) To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
Honest :: Honest (a.) Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight/forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession..
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