fraud

[frawd] / frɔd /

NOUN

trickery, deception

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blackmail deceit extortion graft hoax misrepresentation scam

STRONG

artifice barratry cheat chicane chicanery con craft double-dealing dupery duplicity fake flimflam fraudulence guile hocus-pocus hustle imposture line racket sell shakedown sham skunk smoke song spuriousness sting swindle treachery

WEAK

bamboozlement duping fast one fast shuffle fourberie hanky-panky hoodwinking sharp practice song and dance swindling

Antonyms

STRONG

artlessness entertainment forthrightness frankness honesty openness reality sincerity truth truthfulness

WEAK

fairness justice

NOUN

person who is false, deceitful

Synonyms

STRONG

bastard bluffer charlatan cheat counterfeit crook deceiver double-dealer fake forger four-flusher hoaxer impostor mechanic mountebank phony pretender quack racketeer sham shark swindler

WEAK

horse trader playactor

Example Sentences

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In 2014, he was charged with multiple fraud offenses, but the charges were dismissed, according to court records.

From Los Angeles Times

Much of that attention centered on a fraud case he inherited when he took office.

From Salon

He claimed the company violated Illinois’s consumer fraud act and was unjustly enriching itself.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the fraud contributed to the sense that the Louvre is wobbling after years of underinvestment and mismanagement.

From The Wall Street Journal

Trading exchanges are required to conduct market surveillance to safeguard against fraud and manipulation.

From The Wall Street Journal