Definitions for fraud
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fraud(noun)

   intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

2. imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player(noun)

   a person who makes deceitful pretenses

3. fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on(noun)

   something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fraud(Noun)

   Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.

2. fraud(Noun)

   The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.

3. fraud(Noun)

   A person who performs any such trick.

4. fraud(Verb)

   To defraud

Origin: Recorded since 1345, from fraude, from fraus.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Fraud(noun)

   deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick

2. Fraud(noun)

   an intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of obtaining some valuable thing or promise from another

3. Fraud(noun)

   a trap or snare

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fraud

   In criminal law, fraud is intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual; the related adjective is fraudulent, and verb is defraud. Fraud is a crime and a civil law violation, though the specific criminal law definition varies by legal jurisdiction. Defrauding people or entities of money or valuables is a common purpose of fraud. A hoax also involves deception, but without the intention of gain or of damaging or depriving the victim. Fraud is a defense in a civil action for breach of contract or specific performance of a contract. Fraud is a basis for equitable jurisdiction.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fraud

   frawd, n. deceit: imposture: (Milt.) a snare: a deceptive trick: (coll.) a cheat: a fraudulent production.—adj. Fraud′ful, deceptive.—adv. Fraud′fully.—ns. Fraud′ulence, Fraud′ulency.—adj. Fraud′ulent, using fraud: dishonest.—adv. Fraud′ulently.—Fraudulent bankruptcy, a bankruptcy in which the insolvent is accessory, by concealment or otherwise, to the diminution of the funds divisible among his creditors.—Pious fraud, a deception practised with a good end in view: (coll.) a religious humbug. [O. Fr.,—L. fraus, fraudis, fraud.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fraud

   Exploitation through misrepresentation of the facts or concealment of the purposes of the exploiter.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fraud' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4568

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fraud' in Nouns Frequency: #1927

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fraud in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fraud in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of fraud in a Sentence

1. Steve Hudak:

   Then they are committing fraud.

2. Craig Catlin:

   Fraud's better than drugs on the street.

3. Edmund Burke:

   Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

4. Sophocles:

   Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

5. Jonathan Blacker:

   It was more than aggressive, it was illegal and fraud.

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