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pious frauds

pious frauds is the plural of pious fraud.

Meaning of pious fraud

Noun

pious fraud (countable and uncountable, plural pious frauds)

  1. An act of innocent deceit, technically using the methods of a fraudster but for an honest, honorable purpose.
    • White lies are verbal cases of pious fraud.
  2. A person involved in such a fraud.

Questions about pious frauds

What is pious frauds the plural of?
Pious frauds is the plural of pious fraud.

Words near pious frauds in the dictionary

  1. pioury
  2. pious
  3. pious fiction
  4. pious fictions
  5. pious fraud
  6. pious frauds
  7. piously
  8. piousness
  9. piousnesses
  10. pip
  11. pip at the post

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