fraud

/fɹɔːd//fɹɔd/

noun

  1. 1

    The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.

  4. 4

    A person who performs any such trick.

  5. 5

    A trap or snare.

verb

  1. 1

    To defraud

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