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fraud
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- pronunciation:
- frawd
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
deliberate deception or trickery used for unfair or illegal advantage.
The operators of the bogus charity were arrested for fraud.- synonyms:
- con, confidence game, flimflam, gyp, shell game, sting, swindle
- similar words:
- chicanery, deceit, deception, humbug, pigeon drop, trickery
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| definition 2: |
any act of deceit or cheating.
- synonyms:
- chicanery, deception, double-dealing, flimflam, humbug, trickery
- similar words:
- cheat, deceit, duplicity, guile, hoax, knavery, monkey business, ripoff, sham, subterfuge, swindle
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| definition 3: |
one who uses deceit or trickery to gain advantage; cheat; impostor.
- synonyms:
- bamboozler, cheat, con man, confidence man, gypper, swindler
- similar words:
- bandit, bilk, charlatan, crook, humbug, impostor, mountebank, quack, ripoff, rogue, sham, wheeler-dealer
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| related words: |
bluff, fake, graft, imitation, masquerade, pretense, trick |
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