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category fraud

category fraud noun: the practice of misclassifying individuals or entities within certain categories, often to gain an unfair advantage or mislead stakeholders.

Noun

category fraud (uncountable)

  1. The practice of misclassifying individuals or entities within certain categories, often to gain an unfair advantage or mislead stakeholders.
  2. The practice of campaigning for an award under a category where there is less competition in preference to a category that better describes one.

Questions about category fraud

What does category fraud mean?
Category fraud means the practice of misclassifying individuals or entities within certain categories, often to gain an unfair advantage or mislead stakeholders.
What part of speech is category fraud?
Category fraud is a noun.

Words near category fraud in the dictionary

  1. categorizing
  2. category
  3. category error
  4. category errors
  5. category five
  6. category fraud
  7. category killer
  8. category killers
  9. category mistake
  10. category mistakes
  11. category reference

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