Noun: fraud frod
- Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
"The insurance fraud cost the company millions";
- fiddle [Brit, informal]
- Deception by trickery
"The con artist's fraud left many victims financially ruined";
- fraudulence, dupery, hoax, put-on [N. Amer, informal]
- The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
"that book is a fraud";
- swindle, cheat, rig [archaic]
- A person who makes deceitful pretences
"The fraud claimed to be a long-lost relative to gain access to the family fortune";
- imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud [informal]
Derived forms: frauds
Type of: chicane, chicanery, crime, criminal offence [Brit, Cdn], criminal offense [US], deceiver, guile, law-breaking, shenanigan, slicker [informal], trickery, trickster, wile
Encyclopedia: Fraud, Harry