frauds
frauds is the plural of fraud.
frauds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fraud.
Meaning of fraud
Noun
fraud (countable and uncountable, plural frauds)
- The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
- Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.
- When success a lover's toil attends, / Few ask, if fraud or force attain'd his ends.1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto II
- Synonyms:
- fiddle
- The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
- A person who performs any such trick.
- Synonyms:
- faker, fraudster, imposter, trickster, bamboozler, bouncer, bullshitter, cheat, cheater, cogger
- A trap or snare.
- to draw the proud King Ahab into fraud1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC
Phrases with frauds
- 419 frauds
- tax frauds
- food frauds
- mail frauds
- wire frauds
- pious frauds
- vomit frauds
- mandate frauds
- romance frauds
- affinity frauds
- carousel frauds
- familiar frauds
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Questions about frauds
- What is frauds the plural of?
- Frauds is the plural of fraud.
Words near frauds in the dictionary
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