English noun: fraud |
1. | fraud (act) intentional deception resulting in injury to another person |
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| Broader (hypernym) | crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offence, offense |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | barratry, cheat, collateral fraud, constructive fraud, election fraud, extrinsic fraud, fraud in fact, fraud in the factum, fraud in the inducement, identity theft, intrinsic fraud, legal fraud, mail fraud, positive fraud, rig, swindle |
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2. | fraud (person) a person who makes deceitful pretenses |
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| Synonyms | fake, faker, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer |
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| Broader (hypernym) | beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | name dropper, ringer |
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3. | fraud (act) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage |
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| Synonyms | dupery, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on |
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| Broader (hypernym) | chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | goldbrick |
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