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familiar frauds

familiar frauds is the plural of familiar fraud.

Meaning of familiar fraud

Noun

familiar fraud (countable and uncountable, plural familiar frauds)

  1. A type of fraud in which someone fraudulently opens accounts or makes purchases in someone else's name, in which the victim is a close friend or family member.
    • Familiar fraud cases trace back to family members as offenders, as well as friends, neighbors, coworkers and in-home employees.2015 July 21, Kelli Grant, “Identity theft victims: You might know the culprit”, in CNBC, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2021

Questions about familiar frauds

What is familiar frauds the plural of?
Familiar frauds is the plural of familiar fraud.

Words near familiar frauds in the dictionary

  1. familializes
  2. familializing
  3. familially
  4. familiar
  5. familiar fraud
  6. familiar frauds
  7. familiar stranger
  8. familiar strangers
  9. familiarisation
  10. familiarisations
  11. familiarise

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