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fraud | f |

As a noun fraud

is any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.

As a verb fraud

is (obsolete) to defraud.

As a letter f is

the sixth letter of the.

As a symbol f is

(label) symbol for fluorine.

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.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , 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

    • f

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=e, next=g, image= (wikipedia f)

    Letter

  • The sixth letter of the .

    • See also

    (Latn-script)

    Symbol

    (Voiceless labiodental fricative) (head)
  • forte
  • voiceless labiodental fricative

    • See also

    {{Letter , page=F , NATO=Foxtrot , Morse=··–· , Character=F6 , Braille=? }} Image:Latin F.png, Capital and lowercase versions of F , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter F.png, Uppercase and lowercase F in Fraktur Musical symbols ----