fraud
21fraud — de·fraud·ment; fraud; fraud·ful; fraud·u·lence; fraud·u·len·cy; fraud·u·lent; fraud·ster; de·fraud; fraud·fully; fraud·u·lent·ly; fraud·u·lent·ness; …
22fraud — 01. He was arrested and charged with [fraud] after trying to use someone else s credit card. 02. He was fined for tax [fraud] for not including his waitering tips on his income tax form. 03. If you ask me, these psychics who appear on television… …
23fraud — Deceit, deception, artifice, or trickery operating prejudicially on the rights of another, and so intended, by inducing him to part with property or surrender some legal right. 23 Am J2d Fraud § 2. Anything calculated to deceive another to his… …
24fraud — n. 1) to commit fraud; to perpetrate (a) fraud 2) to expose (a) fraud 3) mail; vote fraud * * * [frɔːd] to perpetrate (a) fraud vote fraud mail to commit fraud to expose (a) fraud …
25fraud */*/ — UK [frɔːd] / US [frɔd] noun Word forms fraud : singular fraud plural frauds 1) a) [countable/uncountable] the crime of obtaining money from someone by tricking them Police are investigating a complex fraud involving several bogus contractors.… …
26fraud — Illegal, dishonest, or improper activity. Fraud appears in many guises, including (i) the manipulation of accounting data (or *cooking the books), (ii) the theft of *assets, and (iii) the sale to Competitors of confidential or sensitive… …
27fraud — noun /frɔːd,frɔd,frɑd/ a) Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain. b) The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end Syn: deceit, trickery, ho …
28fraud — [[t]frɔ͟ːd[/t]] ♦♦♦ frauds 1) N VAR Fraud is the crime of gaining money or financial benefits by a trick or by lying. He was jailed for two years for fraud and deception... Tax frauds are dealt with by the Inland Revenue. 2) N COUNT A fraud is… …
29fraud — noun 1 (C, U) a method of illegally getting money from someone, often by using clever and complicated methods: financial losses due to theft or fraud | tax/share/bankruptcy etc fraud (=fraud in a particular financial area) 2 (C) someone who… …
30fraud — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ massive ▪ serious (esp. BrE) ▪ complex, sophisticated (both esp. BrE) ▪ attempted (esp. BrE) ▪ …
