Transcription
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- [frawd]
- /frɔd/
- /frɔːd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [frawd]
- /frɔd/
Definitions of fraud word
- noun fraud deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage. 1
- noun fraud a particular instance of such deceit or trickery: mail fraud; election frauds. 1
- noun fraud any deception, trickery, or humbug: That diet book is a fraud and a waste of time. 1
- noun fraud a person who makes deceitful pretenses; sham; poseur. 1
- noun fraud Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain. 1
- noun fraud deception 1
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Origin of fraud
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English fraude < Old French < Medieval Latin fraud- (stem of fraus) deceit, injury
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Fraud
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fraud popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
fraud usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fraud
noun fraud
- scam — a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- blackmail — Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money.
- hoax — something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
- deceit — Deceit is behaviour that is deliberately intended to make people believe something which is not true.
- misrepresentation — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
adjective fraud
- affected — If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
- campy — Campy means the same as camp.
- la-di-da — affected; pretentious; foppish: a la-di-da manner.
- hammy — characteristic of a person who overacts.
verb fraud
- cozen — to cheat or trick (someone)
Antonyms for fraud
noun fraud
- honesty — the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
- reality — the state or quality of being real.
- frankness — plainness of speech; candor; openness.
- sincerity — freedom from deceit, hypocrisy, or duplicity; probity in intention or in communicating; earnestness.
- truthfulness — telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.
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