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Noun: collateral fraud
  1. Fraud that prevents a party from knowing their rights or from having a fair opportunity of presenting them at trial
    "The defendant claimed collateral fraud when evidence was deliberately withheld during the trial";
    - extrinsic fraud

Derived forms: collateral frauds

Type of: fiddle [Brit, informal], fraud