FRAUD

Fraud

In criminal law, fraud is intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual; the related adjective is fraudulent, and verb is defraud. Fraud is a crime and a civil tort at common law, though the specific criminal law definition varies by legal jurisdiction. Defrauding people or entities of money or valuables is a common purpose of fraud.

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fraud

Noun

  1. Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
  2. The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
  3. A person who performs any such trick.

Verb

  1. To defraud


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