Fraud vs Double-dealing - What's the difference?
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Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
* Alexander Pope
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A person who performs any such trick.
(obsolete) A trap or snare.
* Milton
(of a person) Cheating, dishonest; treacherous.
deceit or treachery
Fraud is a related term of double-dealing.
As nouns the difference between fraud and double-dealing
is that fraud is any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain while double-dealing is deceit or treachery.As a verb fraud
is (obsolete) to defraud.As an adjective double-dealing is
(of a person) cheating, dishonest; treacherous.fraud
English
Noun
(en noun)- If success a lover's toil attends, / Few ask, if fraud or force attained his ends.
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- to draw the proud King Ahab into fraud
Synonyms
* (criminal) deceit * trickery * hoky-poky * imposture * (person ) faker, fraudster, impostor, cheat(er), tricksterSee also
* embezzlement * false billing * false advertising * forgery * identity theft * predatory lending * quackery * usury * white-collar crimedouble-dealing
English
Adjective
- You low-down, no-good, double-dealing sidewinder!