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Fraud vs Cheating - What's the difference?

fraud | cheating |

Cheating is a synonym of fraud.



As nouns the difference between fraud and cheating

is that fraud is any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain while cheating is an act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition.

As verbs the difference between fraud and cheating

is that fraud is to defraud while cheating is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective cheating is

unsporting or underhand.

fraud

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • If success a lover's toil attends, / Few ask, if fraud or force attained his ends.
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    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1 citation , passage=But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud , and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.}}
  • The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
  • A person who performs any such trick.
  • (obsolete) A trap or snare.
  • * Milton
    • to draw the proud King Ahab into fraud

    Synonyms

    * (criminal) deceit * trickery * hoky-poky * imposture * (person ) faker, fraudster, impostor, cheat(er), trickster

    Related terms

    * defraud * fraudulence * fraudulent * fraudulently * fraudulentness * insurance fraud * mail fraud * pious fraud * wire fraud

    See also

    * embezzlement * false billing * false advertising * forgery * identity theft * predatory lending * quackery * usury * white-collar crime

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To defraud

    • cheating

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia cheating)
  • An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition.
  • * Edward Bulwer Lytton
    • the cheatings and impositions of your pitiful trade

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unsporting or underhand.
  • Unfaithful or adulterous.

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