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Another word for fraud

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fraud

n.

Deceit
trickery, duplicity, cheating, sharp practice; see deception 1.
An act of deception or trickery
swindle, hoax, scam*; see trick 1.
An impostor
pretender, sham, charlatan, quack; see cheat 1, impostor. See syn. study at deception.

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Another word for fraud

noun

An act of cheating:
cheat, swindle, victimization. (Informal) flimflam. (Slang) gyp. See honest
One who fakes:
charlatan, fake, faker, humbug, impostor, mountebank, phony, pretender, quack. See true

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"I'll bet he's a fraud," I said.
Lucian's own close investigations into Alexander's methods of fraud led to a serious attempt on his life.
And yet they do, because fraud is a small part of the overall picture.
The fraud was detected by a Jew, who was one of the envoys of Alphonso.
Slaves who were admitted to holy orders, or who entered a monastery, became freemen, under certain restrictions framed to prevent fraud or injustice.

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