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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Fraudless :: Fraudless (a.) Free from fraud.
Knavishly :: Knavishly (adv.) In a knavish manner; dishonestly; fraudulently.
Cheat :: Cheat (n.) To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.
Colluder :: Colluder (n.) One who conspires in a fraud.
Surrey :: Surreptitious (a.) Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious removal of goods..
Obreption :: Obreption (n.) The obtaining gifts of escheat by fraud or surprise.
Circumvention :: Circumvention (n.) The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion..
Undesigning :: Undesigning (a.) Having no artful, ulterior, or fraudulent purpose; sincere; artless; simple..
Fraud :: Fraud (n.) An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of obtaining some valuable thing or promise from another.
Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.
Trumpery :: Trumpery (n.) Deceit; fraud.
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..
Gull :: Gull (v. t.) To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.
Forgery :: Forgery (n.) The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; esp., the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another; the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud; as, the forgery of a bond..
Knavish :: Knavish (a.) Like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick..
Bankrupt :: Bankrupt (n.) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors..
Deceit :: Deceit (n.) An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false; a contrivance to entrap; deception; a wily device; fraud..
Bite :: Bite (v.) A cheat; a trick; a fraud.
Plunder :: Plunder (n.) That which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage; spoil; booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud..
Defraudation :: Defraudation (n.) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
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