fraud
The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
Noun 4 meanings
The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.
The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
A person who performs any such trick.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fraude (recorded since 1345), from Old French fraude, a borrowing from Latin fraus (“deceit, injury, offence”).
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FRAUD at a glance
FRAUD has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (F 4 + R 1 + A 1 + U 1 + D 2) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,736 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with fraud
All rhymes- APPLAUD12
- MAUD7
- DEFRAUD12
- LAUD5
- BAUD7
- DAUD6
- GAUD6
- HAUD8
- MARAUD9
- ANTIFRAUD13
- RIBAUD9
- CRAPAUD12
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- FRAUS8
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