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Fraudulence vs Fraud - What's the difference?

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Fraud is a related term of fraudulence.



As nouns the difference between fraudulence and fraud

is that fraudulence is the condition of being fraudulent while fraud is any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.

As a verb fraud is

to defraud.

fraudulence

English

Noun

(-)
  • The condition of being fraudulent
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  • 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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  • 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

    See also

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

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To defraud