Meaning & use
fraud
Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain, or a person who deceives others in this way.
See it in a sentence
The company was fined heavily after investigators uncovered widespread accounting fraud.
She realized too late that the online seller was a fraud who never shipped the item.
A note on using this word
Fraud can refer to the deceptive act itself (commit fraud) or, informally, to a person who is not what they claim to be (he's a total fraud).
Words with a similar meaning
deceptionscamswindler
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Words with an opposite meaning
honesty
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