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fraud (frôd)

noun

    1. deceit; trickery; cheating
    2. Law intentional deception to cause a person to give up property or some lawful right
  2. something said or done to deceive; trick; artifice
  3. a person who deceives or who is not what he or she pretends to be; impostor; cheat

Etymology: ME fraude < OFr < L fraus (gen. fraudis) < IE base *dhwer-, to trick > Sans dhvárati, (he) injures

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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