Word "FRAUD" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
Synonyms:
dupery, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
Synonyms:
fake, faker, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

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Deception of Berlin wife and daughter (5)
Swindle the German woman and daughters (5)
Target of some whistle-blowing
Con artist (5) The Guardian Quick 05 Feb 2025
Hoax LA Times Mini 17 Jan 2025
Deceitful crime Commuter 08 Jan 2025
Monetary deception Puzzler Backwords 04 Jan 2025
Deceptive trickery
Scam The Telegraph Quick 23 Dec 2024
Credit card crime Universal 23 Dec 2024
Criminal deception of an artist in a bit of a fuddle (5)
Charlatan, cheat (5)
German woman started deliberate deception (5)
Deception from artist for all to see in France and Germany (5)
Oddly formal Urdu is fake
"The ___" (2023 best-seller by Zadie Smith) LA Times Mini 16 Oct 2024
Swindle the German woman and daughter (5)
Fake LA Times Daily 15 Sep 2024
Swindle revealed by German woman and daughter
Criminal deception Mirror Tea Time 07 Sep 2024
Criminal deception Commuter 31 Aug 2024
Phony LA Times Daily 16 Jul 2024
3, for instance (5) The Guardian Quick 12 Jul 2024
Criminal deception of German woman and daughter
German lady starting to discover hoax (5)
Swindle The Telegraph Mini 28 Jun 2024
Corporate crime Thomas Joseph 19 Jun 2024
Something false or spurious (5)
German wife died, a crime (5)
Deception, swindle Puzzler Backwords 17 Apr 2024
Quack Universal 02 Mar 2024
Con German woman leading her country
Phony USA Today 28 Feb 2024
Embezzlement by Munich wife with diamonds (5)
Swindle German wife and daughter The Times Quick Cryptic 26 Jan 2024
Identity theft, for one New York Times 21 Jan 2024
German-speaking woman with duke is an impostor (5)
Cooking the books. (5)
Impostor married German woman and died (5)
Deception Thomas Joseph 04 Nov 2023
Crime of deception USA Today 16 Oct 2023
Brother gets over Dutch scam The Guardian Cryptic 18 Sep 2023
Criminal deception USA Today 21 Jul 2023
Phisher's crime Wall Street Journal 20 Jun 2023
Con artist's crime Family Time 05 Jun 2023
Con artist's crime Family Time 24 Apr 2023
Charlatan Eugene Sheffer 07 Feb 2023
Deception The Telegraph Quick 04 Nov 2022
Cheat, deception The Telegraph Quick 07 Sep 2022
Flimflam Premier Sunday 12 Jun 2022
Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person Irish Times Simplex 19 May 2022
Con artist oddly found outside
Charlatan The Times Concise 05 Dec 2021
Married woman at forefront of her country's crime The Telegraph Toughie 25 Nov 2021
Criminal deception The Times Concise 23 Oct 2021
Married woman initially detecting crime
Illegal deceit Newsday 03 Oct 2021
White-collar crime Thomas Joseph 26 Jun 2021
Forging a signature, e.g USA Today 10 Feb 2021
Criminal deception USA Today 30 Nov 2020
It may start with phishing Wall Street Journal 02 Nov 2020
“So glistered the dire snake, and into ____ / Led Eve, our credulous mother, to the tree” (Milton) The Times Specialist Sunday 02 Feb 2020
Bunco-squad concern Newsday 27 Dec 2019
Fiddle with French car that's dropping back
Businessman's crime Thomas Joseph 14 Oct 2019
Swindle Thomas Joseph 28 Sep 2019
German woman departs to see swindler
White-collar crime Wall Street Journal 13 Aug 2019
Deceitful practice Newsday 03 Apr 2019
Ponzi scheme, e.g The Washington Post 15 Jan 2019
Ponzi scheme, e.g LA Times Daily 15 Jan 2019
Ponzi scheme, e.g.
White-collar crime
Charlatan Eugene Sheffer 06 Aug 2018
Hustle Newsday 04 Aug 2018
Swindle foreign woman and daughter The Telegraph Cryptic 08 Apr 2018
Charlatan The Times Concise 08 Apr 2018
Scam New York Times 12 Mar 2018
Scam
Union member translated duck's opening quack
Illegal deceit Newsday 15 Aug 2017
Con artist's crime New York Times 28 Jun 2017
Swindling foreign woman gets close to dad
Madoff's offense USA Today 16 Mar 2017
Businessperson's crime Universal 14 Feb 2017
Fake psychoanalyst having change of heart The Telegraph Cryptic 22 Jan 2017
Businessperson's crime
Con artist's crime
Madoff's offense
Scam The Telegraph Quick 09 Nov 2016
Charlatan The Telegraph Quick 11 Sep 2016
Criminal deception The Times Concise 06 Sep 2016
Target of blue sky laws LA Times Daily 11 Mar 2016
Con artist's crime Universal 19 Dec 2015
Charlatan Wall Street Journal 14 Oct 2015
German woman supported by daughter in crime The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Aug 2015
Con artist's crime Family Time 18 May 2015
Ponzi scheme, e.g New York Times 02 Mar 2015
Con artist's crime
Super duper
Ponzi scheme, e.g.
Charlatan
Swindle
Swindler's crime
Flimflammer's felony
A cheat
Illegal trickery
Mountebank
Deceit
German woman and daughter in act of deception
Hoax
Charlatan
Dupery
Con artist's crime
Deceit
Flimflam
Criminal trickery
Hoax
Hoax
Charlatan
Charlatan
Impostor
Bunco-squad concern
Whistle-blower's exposure
Deceptive crime
Businessman's crime
Hoax
Whistle-blower's exposure
Impostor
Charlatan
Better Business Bureau subject
Illegal activity
One skilled at taking in
Dupery
One skilled at taking in
Ponzi scheme, e.g.
Whistle-blower's exposure
Swindler
Swindler
Subject of an S.E.C. inquiry
Con artist's scam
FTC concern
Jiggery-pokery
Milken's offense
White-collar crime
Deception
Criminal deception
Potemkin village
Bunco squad's concern
Trickery
Better Business Bureau subject
96 Scam
Mountebank
Consumer affairs topic
Quack
Con job
Business misbehavior
Consumer affairs topic
Mountebank
Poseur
Great pretender
Chicanery
Con job
Humbug
Imposter
Imposture
Deceit
Humbug.
South Sea Bubble, for example.
Impostor.
South Sea Bubble, for one.
Artifice.
Ponzi's forte.
Impostor
Sharp practice.
Cheater.
Cheat.
Duplicity.
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