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Meaning of fraud

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

fraud

Pronunciation:/fɹɔːd//fɹɔd/

noun

Definitions

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

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

  3. The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.

  4. A person who performs any such trick.

verb

Definitions

  1. To defraud