fraudstress
fraudstress noun: a female fraudster.
Noun
fraudstress (plural not attested)
- A female fraudster.
- Perhaps we should also have the concept of fraudstress or, if we are to eliminate such terminology from out^([sic]) vocabulary, we should talk about a fraud person.1986, Great Britain Parliament, House of Commons, Official Report of the Standing Committees, page 25, column 2
- […] 25-year-old benefit fraudstress […]1995, Fortean Times, page 18
Examples of fraudstress in a sentence
- They were essential to the modi operandi of Belle Gunness, the turn-of-the-century Western insurance fraudstress who may have killed 40 people before disappearing mysteriously, […]2009 May 15, Colby Cosh, “From Craigslist to Johns’ List”, in National Post, volume 11, number 166, page A15:
- The cast of characters she [Annette Messager] embodied in her projects included “the practical woman”, “the collector”, “the fraudstress” and “the artist”.2022, Olga Smith, “1970s: Engagement and Subjectivity”, in Contemporary Photography in France: Between Theory and Practice (The Lieven...
Origin of fraudstress
From fraudster + -ess.
Questions about fraudstress
- What does fraudstress mean?
- Fraudstress means a female fraudster.
- How do you use fraudstress in a sentence?
- They were essential to the modi operandi of Belle Gunness, the turn-of-the-century Western insurance fraudstress who may have killed 40 people before disappearing mysteriously, […]
- What part of speech is fraudstress?
- Fraudstress is a noun.
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