Fraud

Definition: Fraud

Fraud

Noun

1. Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person.

2. A person who makes deceitful pretenses.

3. Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "fraud" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Health

Law

Post & Telecom

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Fraud

Deceiver

Liar; (lie; ); story-teller, perjurer, false witness, menteur a triple etage, Scapin; bunko steerer, carpetbagger, capper, faker, fraud, four flusher, horse coper, ringer, spieler, straw bidder.

Deception

Noun: deception; falseness; untruth; imposition, imposture; fraud, deceit, guile; fraudulence,

Mockery; (imitation); copy; counterfeit, sham, make-believe, forgery, fraud; lie; "a delusion a mockery and a snare", hollow mockery.

Falsehood

Perversion of truth, suppression of truth; suppressio veri; perversion, distortion, false coloring; exaggeration; prevarication, equivocation, shuffling, fencing, evasion, fraud; suggestio falsi; (lie); mystification; (concealment); simulation; (imitation); dissimulation, dissembling; deceit; blague.

Impiety

Hypocrisy; (falsehood); pietism, cant, pious fraud; lip devotion, lip service, lip reverence; misdevotion, formalism, austerity; sanctimony, sanctimoniousness; adj; pharisaism, precisianism; sabbatism, sabbatarianism; odium theologicum, sacerdotalism; bigotry; (obstinacy), (prejudice); blue laws.

Improbity

Noun: improbity; dishonesty, dishonor; disgrace; (disrepute); fraud; (deception); lying; bad faith, Punic faith; mala fides, Punica fides; infidelity; faithlessness; Adjective: Judas kiss, betrayal.

Probity

Phrase: "a face untaught to feign"; bene qui latuit bene vixit; mens sibi conscia recti; probitas laudatur et alget; fidelis ad urnam; "his heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth"; loyaute m'oblige; loyaute n'a honte; "what stronger breastplate than a heart untainted?".

Stealing

Peculation, embezzlement; fraud; larceny, petty larceny, grand larceny, shoplifting.

Untruth

Irony; half truth, white lie, pious fraud; mental reservation; (concealment).

Crosswords: Fraud

Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it. (S1m0ne; writing credit: Andrew Niccol)

Just so you don't hear any crazy rumors, I'm being indicted for fraud in Australia (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

He studies them from morn till night and often through the night and morn again, and all he reads oppresses him; fills him with indignation at man's murderous ways toward man. He ponders the problem of how to make better a world where evil brings profit and virtue none at all; where fraud and deceit are mingled with truth and sincerity (Man of La Mancha; writing credit: Dale Wasserman)

I am a fraud! (Ghostbusters II; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.)

Herman! This is the last time I'm going to talk to you, and I'm going to tell you you're the worst fraud I've known in my life (Enemies: A Love Story; writing credit: Roger L. Simon)

Fraud Squad (1969)

The Fabulous Fraud (1948)

Employment with Investment and the Masked Fraud (1926)

An Insurance Fraud (1919)

A Noble Fraud (1917)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The Manufactured Crisis: Myths, Fraud, and the Attack on America's Public Schools (reference)

• Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Health Care Fraud And Abuse Compliance Manual (reference)

• Bnas Health Care Fraud Report (reference)

• Ppc Guide To Fraud Investigation (reference)

• Fighting Fraud (reference)

• Aaft Focus On Fraud (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Ancient Secrets of the Bible: Shroud of Turin - Fraud or Evidence of Christ's Resurrection? (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Petty Fraud Clinic [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Houdini exposes psychic fraud. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Houdinis and Oscar S. Teale expose a slate writing fraud used by spirit mediums. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Philadelphia election fraud / from sketches by Albert Berghaus. Credit: Library of Congress.

Do spirits return? Houdini says no - and proves it 3 shows in one : magic, illusions, escapes, fraud mediums exposed. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Though in all war there be usually a complication of force and damage, and the aggressor seldom fails to harm the estate, when he uses force against the persons of those he makes war upon; yet it is the use of force only that puts a man into the state of war: for whether by force he begins the injury, or else having quietly, and by fraud, done the injury, he refuses to make reparation, and by force maintains it, (which is the same thing, as at first to have done it by force) it is the unjust use of force that makes the war: for he that breaks open my house, and violently turns me out of doors; or having peaceably got in, by force keeps me out, does in effect the same thing; supposing we are in such a state, that we have no common judge on earth, whom I may appeal to, and to whom we are both obliged to submit: for of such I am now speaking. (Second Treatise of Government)

These charges shall be levied in such a manner as to render any detailed examination of cargoes unnecessary, except in cases of suspected fraud or contravention. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Many pharmacies have developed "hotlines" to alert other pharmacies in the region when a fraud is detected. (references)

Pharmacists can help prevent prescription fraud or diversion by looking for false or altered prescription forms. (references)

Business

More sophisticated equipment is needed to combat the high increase of fraud and other non-violent crimes within companies. (references)

Presently, equipment is needed mainly to prevent or detect property crimes, kidnappings, and fraud, which are on the increase. (references)

The current economic crisis and high unemployment rate have contributed to considerable increases in crime (including burglary and fraud) in Lima and other major cities. (references)

Children

Chile

UNICEF estimated in 1999 that there were roughly 10,000 child prostitutes between the ages of 6 and 18. The age of consent is 12 years; the law is vague regarding child prostitution above this age unless force, fraud, or abuse of authority can be proven. (references)

Civil Liberties

Russia

Titov remained in pretrial detention where he has been since January 16, when he was arrested on charges of fraud. (references)

Guatemala

On June 13, the President removed Luis Rabbe as Minister of Communications, following many allegations of mismanagement and fraud. (references)

Economic History

Senegal

Customs has initiated an action plan to combat fraud. (references)

Senegal

Several government agencies fight corruption and fraud. (references)

Bolivia

Elections in 1978, 1979, and 1980 were inconclusive and marked by fraud. (references)

Human Rights

Kazakhstan

The MVD arrested the head of Rauza and Okhulkov for fraud. (references)

Guinea

Others accused the prosecution of witness tampering, intimidation, and outright fraud. (references)

Ghana

The military claims that the man was arrested and detained on charges of fraud, but not abused. (references)

Indigenous People

Malaysia

There have been no additional reports of Orang Asli complaints of fraud during this year. (references)

Minorities

France

In April the Church of Scientology was taken to court for fraud and false advertising in a lawsuit brought by three former members; the case remained pending at year's end. (references)

Political Economy

NIGERIA

Criminal fraud conducted against unwary investors and personal security are chronic problems in Nigeria. (references)

Political Rights

Venezuela

Still, some of the losing candidates alleged fraud. (references)

Nigeria

The INEC issued a report on the conduct of the election in July 1999 that documented the fraud. (references)

Bangladesh

The ordinance also contains a provision to expedite the process for adjudicating election fraud cases. (references)

Trade

Nicaragua

Some allegations of fraud are still pending in the courts. (references)

Botswana

South Africa claimed the move was necessary to eliminate pervasive VAT evasion fraud. (references)

Guinea

The GOG hopes this will tighten the customs clearance process and reduce corruption and fraud. (references)

Travel

Ghana

For traditional and private owners a careful check of ownership records is necessary to avoid litigation and fraud. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

Purveyors of business scams, similar to the 419-advance fee fraud often associated with Nigeria, often target Americans. (references)

Vietnam

However, there is a certain amount of credit card fraud in Vietnam, and it is generally recommended that credit cards only be used at major hotels and establishments of international standing. (references)

Worker Rights

Burma

There also is evidence of fraud. (references)

Romania

Coercion includes fraud or misrepresentation. (references)

Guyana

Some fraud cases were prosecuted during the year. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "fraud": by fraud ♦ collateral fraud ♦ computer fraud ♦ Constructive fraud ♦ election fraud ♦ electoral fraud ♦ extrinsic fraud ♦ fraud in fact ♦ fraud in law ♦ fraud in the factum ♦ fraud in the inducement ♦ fraud or dishonesty ♦ intrinsic fraud ♦ legal fraud ♦ mail fraud ♦ obtain by fraud ♦ obtaining a false certificate by fraud ♦ pious fraud ♦ positive fraud ♦ toll fraud ♦ yazoo Fraud. Additional references.

Beginning with "fraud": fraud-busters, fraud-proof, fraud-ravaged, fraud-related, fraud-resistant, fraud-ridden, fraud-tainted.

Ending with "fraud": anti-fraud.

Afrikaans

bedrieër (cheat, deceiver, imposter). (various references)

Albanian

rreng (frolic, hoax, hokey-pokey, kicker, practical joke, prank, rig, trick), mashtrues (ambidextrous, artful, bilker, bluffer, bouncer, catchy, cheat, Crimp, deceitful, deceiver, deceptive, delusive, delusory, diddler, dishonest, dodger, double, double dealing, double-dealer, finagler, fraudulent, guileful, gyp, humbug, hustler, impostor, Jack-in-the-box, mendacious, misleading, mountebank, pettifogger, pettifogging, phoney, quack, racketeer, rascal, rascally, rogue, sandman, shuffler, skin, snide, swindler, trickster, twister, two-tongued), mashtrim (bilk, blind, bluff, bunco, bunko, caper, cheat, chicanery, chouse, circumvention, con, cozenage, crammer, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, defalcation, delusion, dodge, double dealing, duplicity, fake, false pretences, falsity, flimflam, fob, fraudulence, fraudulency, gag, gammon, gimmick, guile, gyp, humbug, imposition, imposture, jiggery pokery, juggler, jugglery, juggling, leasing, lie, manipulation, overreach, quackery, racket, racketeering, rascaldom, rascality, rig, roguery, sham, swindle, take in, trick), hile (chicane, deception, overreach, ruse, subterfuge, trick, wangle), gaboj (betray, cheat, deceive, delude, disappoint, err, lapse, let down, make a mistake, mistake, seduce, swindle). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مخادعة (bluff, deceit, deception, humbug, swindle, trickery), ‏نصب إحتيال (deception, embezzlement), ‏حيلة (artifice, deceit, device, dodge, expedient, fetch, finesse, gag, imposition, makeshift, monkey business, ploy, prank, ruse, sleight, stalking horse, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, twist, wile), ‏تزوير (counterfeit, forgery, malpractice, piracy, rigging), ‏خدعة (artifice, deception, dodge, fetch, gag, hoax, ploy, ruse, sleight, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile), ‏خداع (artifice, beguilement, bluff, bluffing, cheat, cheating, chicanery, cozenage, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, defraudation, delusion, double dealing, dupery, duplicity, fraudulence, fraudulency, gyp, humbuggery, imposture, knavery, mystification, roguery, spoof, swindle, swindling, trickery, victimization, wile), ‏المخادع (artist, illusionist, knave, liar, rook, trickster, wind cheater), ‏إحتيال (cheat, cheating, embezzlement, fraudulence, fraudulency, gyp, hankey-pankey, hanky panky, humbug, hustle, jugglery, knavery, racket, rascality, roguery, swindle, victimization), ‏دجل (charlatanry, delusion, fake, hankey-pankey, hanky panky, imposture, lie, quackery). (various references)

Bulgarian 

някой неоправдаващ надеждите, нещо неоправдаващо надеждите, позьор (affected person, dude, poser, poseur, pretender, prig, sham), измамник (ambidextrous, bilk, bilker, cheat, counterfeit, deceiver, double-dealer, fake, fiddler, gyp, impostor, intake, juggler, ringer, rook, sharp, sharpy, slicker, swindler), измама (bunco, bunko, cheat, chouse, cozenage, cross, deceit, deception, delusion, do, double cross, double dealing, doubling, dupery, falsity, fiddle, flam, foul play, frame up, gaff, gag, gouge, guile, gyp, hankey-pankey, hanky panky, have on, hoax, hocus pocus, humbug, imposition, imposture, indirection, jiggery pokery, jockeying, jugglery, kid, lemon, overreach, plant, pretence, put on, rig, rip off, roguery, sell, sellout, sham, shuffle, simulacrum, skin game, spoof, swindle, take in, thimblerig, trickery, twist). (various references)

Chinese 

騙局 (swindle), 舞弊 , 欺骗 (Bamboozle, Bamboozled, Bamboozling, Deceit, Deceive, Deceived, Deceiving, Deception, Deceptive, Delude, Deluded, Deluding, Foxed, Foxing, fraudulent, humbug, Impostrous, Imposturous, Kidded, Kidding, ripoff, rip-off, Tricked, tricked-out, Tricking), 作弊 (to cheat, to plagiarize), 弊 (defeat, detriment, harm). (various references)

Czech

podvodník (cheat, con man, confidence trickster, conman, crook, deceiver, dodger, fake, fiddler, impostor, juggler, phoney, phony, racketeer, rascal, runner, shark, sharper, swindler, trickster), podvod (cheating, con, deceit, deception, dupery, falsehood, fiddle, flam, fraudulence, fraudulency, gammon, gold brick, guile, imposition, imposture, racket, swindle, take in, trick, trickery). (various references)

Danish

telebedrageri (toll fraud), svindel, ophavsmand til bedragerier (crook, swindler), blændværk, bedrageri (swindle), bedrager (crook, swindler). (various references)

Dutch

fraudeur (crook, intruder, penetrator, perpetrator, swindler, violator), fraude met telefoonkosten (toll fraud), fraude (evasion, tax evasion), opzet (design, diagram, plan, plane), oplichting (brightening, swindle, swindling), oplichter, misleiding (swindle), knoeier (crook, swindler), bedrog (swindle), bedriegerý (swindle), bedrieger (charlatan, cheat, deceiver, imposter, quack), arglist (craft, craftiness, cunning, guile, snare). (various references)

Esperanto

trompŝtelo, trompŝtelisto. (various references)

Finnish

petos (betrayal, deceit, deception, treachery). (various references)

French

fraude (fraudulency), tromperie (fraudulence). (various references)

German

betrug (amounted, amounted to, bamboozlement, cheating, confidence trick, deceit, deception, delusiveness, fiddle, fooling, imposture, scam, swindle), schwindel (bogus, con, con trick, confidence game, dizziness, dodge, fake, fakes, giddiness, goldbrick, imposture, lie, quackery, skin game, swindle, vertigo), arglist (craftiness, cunning, guile, malice). (various references)

Greek 

απάτη (beguilement, bilk, cheat, circumvention, con, deceit, deception, delusion, fake, fallacy, gammon, guile, gyp, hoax, humbug, humbuggery, imposition, imposture, jiggery pokery, scam, sham, spoof, swindle, swindling, trick, trickery), δόλος. (various references)

Hebrew 

מעיל�" (embezzlement, fraudulent conversion, peculation, sacrilege, treachery), מעל (above, atop, deception, embezzlement, on, on top of, supra, treachery, upward of), מרמ�" (deceitful, deceitfulness, deception, duplicity, false pretences, falsehood, fraudulence), ל�"ו� ות (beguile, cheat, deceive, defraud, sting, swindle), תרמית (deceit, deception, lying, ruse), פלסתר (deceit, libel), או� א�" (deceit, deception), �"ו� א�" (cheating, deceit, deception, fraudulence, fraudulency, trickery, wile), �'� בת �"עת (charlatanry, false pretences, swindling, trickery), רמאות (bluff, cheat, cheating, deceit, deception, double cross, double dealing, dupery, jiggery pokery, knavery, sell, skullduggery, swindle, trickery), � וכלות (charlatanry, knavery, quackery, roguery, swindling). (various references)

Hungarian

rászedés (cheat, chisel, circumvention, deceit, delusion, dupery, gull, victimization), szédelgő (fake, faker, mountebank, skin), svindli (confidence game, confidence trick, dupery, gyp, spoof, swindle), csaló (abuser, bilk, blackleg, bobber, cheat, colubrine, crook, deceitful, double-dealer, fake, faker, fiddler, fraudulent, gouge, guileful, gyp, humbug, hustler, impostor, jockey, juggler, leg, masquerader, picaroon, piker, rogue, roguish, rook, rooky, shark, sharper, skinner, snide, swindler, trickster), csalás (a plant, bubble, cheat, cheating, chisel, chouse, collusion, cozenage, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, delusion, fake, fallacy, falsehood, foul play, fraudulence, fraudulency, gouge, gyp, hocus pocus, humbug, imposition, imposture, let in, racket, roguery, scam, sell, snide, swindle, swizzle, trickery), becsapás (chisel, cole, dupery, eye-wash, gouge, gyp, hocus pocus, scam, sell, victimization). (various references)

Indonesian

fraude (swindle), penggelapan (black out, blackout, cover up, darkenong, embezling, embezzlement, malversation, scam), keculasan (deceit). (various references)

Italian

frode (camouflage, cheating, deceit, humbug, swindle), dolo (malice). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

詐欺 (swindle), 詐取 (exploitation, swindle). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぺて�" (swindle), ま�"ちゃく (cheating, deception, trickery), さぎざい, さぎ (certainly, I am sure, no doubt, swindle), さしゅ (exploitation, swindle), かたり (swindle, talking), いかさま (counterfeit, trickery), えせもの (counterfeit, impostor, pretender, sham). (various references)

Korean 

사기 (fraudulent, lie, morale). (various references)

Manx

molteyrys (cheating, confidence trick, deceit, deception, duplicity, fraudulence, insidiousness), molteyr (charlatan, cheat, con man, confidence trickster, counterfeit, deceiver, deluder, duper, impostor). (various references)

Norwegian

svindler, svindel (con), bedrageri (imposture). (various references)

Pig Latin

audfray.(various references)

Portuguese

fraude (bilk, brogue, cheat, cross, deceit, deception, embezzlement, graft, guile, humbug, inveracity, ruse, sham, skulduggery, spoof, trickery, wile), dolo (bad faith, cantrip, deceit, hoax, indirection, inveracity, mystification). (various references)

Romanian

fraudã (cheat, cross, deception, defalcation, embezzlement, humbug, swindle), fals (apparent, artificial, bad, base, bogus, cant, colourable, counterfeit, deceitful, double dealing, dud, dummy, erroneous, erroneously, error, factitious, fake, false, falsehood, feigned, flash, forged, forgery, glossy, hollow, hollow-hearted, imitation, imposture, insincere, lying, mendacious, mistaken, mock, painted, phony, plugged, reprobate, sham, spurious, sugary, tinsel, treacherous, trumpery, truthless, two faced, unnatural, unnaturally, untrue, wrong, wrongfully), viclenie (archness, artfulness, astuteness, catch, contrivance, craft, cunning, devilry, finesse, guile, ruse, shift, subtlety, vicleim, wile), pungaş (biter, cheat, Cutpurse, duffer, gun, jockey, juggler, knave, lurcher, manipulator, mountebank, pickpocket, pilferer, prig, rascal, rogue, rook, rough, scab, shark, snap, swindler, thief), pungãşie (confiscation, do, falseness, knavery, rascality, snap, swindle, theft, thievery), escrocherie (cheat, do, humbug, knavery, monkey business, quackery, racket, skin game, snap, swindle), escroc (bilk, biter, blackguard, blackleg, carpet bagger, charlatan, cheat, crook, desperado, double-dealer, duffer, faker, gambler, gamester, gouge, gyp, impostor, jockey, juggler, knave, mountebank, rogue, rook, scab, shark, sharp, sharper, snap, swindler), abuz (abuse, encroachment, excess, intemperance, malfeasence, malversation, misusage, stretch, transgression), înşelãtorie (cunning, deception, delusion, do, dodgery, double dealing, fob, fraudulence, fraudulency, guile, guilefulness, hanky panky, hocus pocus, humbug, imposition, imposture, racket, ramp, take in), înşelãciune (bluff, cheat, deceit, deception, fake, flim-flam, foul play, frame up, guile, hoax, humbug, illusion, intake). (various references)

Russian 

мошенничество (chouse, dishonesty, do, fraudulence, fraudulency, gyp, hanky-panky, knavery, numbers game, rascality, roguery, scam, scams, sharp practice, skin-game). (various references)

Scottish

foill (deceit, treachery). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

varalica (charlatan, chouse, crook, double-dealer, fake, gyp, impostor, jack-in-the-box, mountebank, sharper, swindler, trickster, wheeler dealer), utaja (evasion), prevara (bilk, blind, bubble, cheat, chicanery, confidence trick, deceit, deception, dodge, double cross, dupery, eyewash, fake, flimflam, gammon, guile, gyp, plant, racket, ruse, setup, trick, trumpery), podvala (gouge, hankey-pankey, hanky panky, hoax, hokum, humbug, imposture, jew's pitch, jiggery pokery, plant, swindle), obmana (bluff, bubble, chicanery, circumvention, cozenage, deceit, deception, delusion, hoax, jugglery). (various references)

Spanish

fraude (cheat, deceit, deception, dishonesty, embezzlement, fraudulence, fraudulency, imposture, jugglery, trickery). (various references)

Swedish

bedrägeri (bunco, buncos, cheat, cozenage, deceit, deception, do, double cross, dupery, false pretences, falsehood, gammon, gyp, humbug, illusion, imposture, jugglery, knavery, racket, sell, swindle, take in, take-in), bedragare (bilker, cheat, crook, deceiver, defrauder, double-dealer, imposter, impostor, juggler, sharper, swindler). (various references)

Turkish

sahtekârlık (Counterfeiting, deceitfulness, dishonesty, false pretences, false pretenses, forgery, fraudulence, fraudulency, take in), sahtekâr (counterfeiter, crook, crooked, dishonest, double-tongued, fabricator, fake, faker, fakir, forger, fraudulent, impostor, make believe, phoney, phony, sham, shammer), numaracı kimse, hilekârlık (cheating, deceit, deceitfulness, fraudulence, fraudulency, guile, shiftiness, skulduggery, trickery), hilekâr (cheat, cheater, con, con man, crooked, cross, deceitful, deceiver, double-tongued, faithless, foul, fraudulent, funk, gadgety, guileful, hard boiled, knavish, trickster, twister), hilebaz (blackleg, cardsharp, cardsharper, cheat, cheater, deceitful, foul, fraudulent, gyp, juggler, rook, serpentine, sharper, shuffling, trickster), hile (adulteration, artifice, arts, canard, catch, cheat, cheating, chicane, cobweb, collusion, craft, cross, deceit, deception, decoy, device, do, dodge, doubling, dupery, duplicity, fake, false pretences, false pretenses, finesse, flam, flimflam, gadget, gaff, gambit, gammon, gimmick, gouge, hanky panky, have, have on, hocus pocus, hokey-pokey, hoky-poky, humbug, imposture, jiggery pokery, maneuver, manipulation, manoeuvre, plant, ploy, practice, pretense, rig, rigging, rip off, ruse, sell, sham, sleight of hand, slyness, subterfuge, tortuosity, trick, trickery, wheeling and dealing, wile), dolandırıcılık (charlatanry, cheat, confidence game, confidence trick, deceit, deceitfulness, do, double dealing, frame up, grift, jugglery, knavery, plant, racket, ramp, roguery, skin game, swindle, take in), dolandırıcı (adventurer, bilker, carpet bagger, cheat, cheater, chiseler, chiseller, confidence man, confidence trickster, crook, crooked, deceitful, double-dealer, faker, fakir, fiddler, fraudulent, grifter, gyp, hustler, impostor, knave, lurcher, rogue, sham, shark, sharp, spieler, swindler, Twicer). (various references)

Ukrainian

фальшивка (counterfeit), шахрайство (bamboozle, bilk, cheat, deception, dishonesty, dodge, fraudulence, fraudulency, gyp, imposture, pettifogging, racket, racketeering, rascality, roguery, shave, skulduggery), обманщик (bluff, bluffer, cheat, counterfeit, counterfeiter, deceiver, dissembler, double-dealer, foist, humbug, impostor, mountebank, phoney, pretender, trickster, twister), обман (bam, bamboozle, beguilement, bilk, bluff, bunko, cheat, chouse, circumvention, cozenage, deceit, deception, delusion, do, double cross, foist, fraudulence, fraudulency, gammon, gouge, guile, hanky panky, hoax, imposture, juggle, jugglery, lie, overreach, phoney, phony, pretence, pretense, ruse, sell, sham, swindle, trickery, victimization, wile). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự lừa lọc (deceifulness), sự lừa gạt âm mưu lừa gạt, sự gian trá, sự gian lận (bunco, unfairness), mưu gian cái không đúng như sự mong đợi. (various references)

Welsh

twyll (deceit, deception), hocedwr (cheat), hoced (deceit). (various references)

dolus. (various references)

diwzhat. (various references)

cosyn. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "fraud": frauds, fraudulence, fraudulences, fraudulent, fraudulently, fraudulentness, fraudulentnesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "fraud": antifraud, defraud. (additional references)

Words containing "fraud": defrauded, defrauder, defrauders, defrauding, defrauds. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Fraud" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Farabund, Faramund, Farkunda, Faroudja, Faruk, faud, Faudi, faup, fauq, Feau, Feraud, Ferkauf, fradu, fraid, frand, fraude, fraue, fraum, fraund, freue, Freunde, freut, froad, frod, frood, frou, Froud, fruad, frud, fruid, fryud, Gruaud, raud. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: dura, fard.

-2 letters: arf, fad, far, fud, fur, rad, urd.

-3 letters: ad, ar, fa.

+1 letter: frauds.

+2 letters: dareful, defraud, feudary, foulard, updraft.

+3 letters: argufied, dandruff, defrauds, dreadful, dreamful, favoured, featured, fluidram, foulards, furcated, furnaced, offguard, surfaced, unafraid, unfeared, unframed, updrafts.

+4 letters: antifraud, ausformed, dandruffs, dandruffy, defaulter, defeature, defrauded, defrauder, drawerful, dreadfuls, feudaries, feudatory, fiduciary, fireguard, flavoured, fluidrams, fractured, fraughted, gardenful, gauffered, lifeguard, prefeudal, regardful, safeguard, surfboard.

+5 letters: bifurcated, breadfruit, breadstuff, cofeatured, defaulters, defeatures, defrauders, defrauding, disulfiram, drawerfuls, dreadfully, dreamfully, fairground, figurehead, fireguards, floribunda, fluoridate, formulated, fraudulent, fricandeau, frustrated, fulgurated, fundraiser, furanoside, gardenfuls, infuriated, lifeguards, refundable, resurfaced, safeguards, surfboards, transfused, unfathered.