fraud

[frawd] / frɔd /

NOUN

trickery, deception

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blackmail deceit extortion graft hoax misrepresentation scam

STRONG

artifice barratry cheat chicane chicanery con craft double-dealing dupery duplicity fake flimflam fraudulence guile hocus-pocus hustle imposture line racket sell shakedown sham skunk smoke song spuriousness sting swindle treachery

WEAK

bamboozlement duping fast one fast shuffle fourberie hanky-panky hoodwinking sharp practice song and dance swindling

Antonyms

STRONG

artlessness entertainment forthrightness frankness honesty openness reality sincerity truth truthfulness

WEAK

fairness justice

NOUN

person who is false, deceitful

Synonyms

STRONG

bastard bluffer charlatan cheat counterfeit crook deceiver double-dealer fake forger four-flusher hoaxer impostor mechanic mountebank phony pretender quack racketeer sham shark swindler

WEAK

horse trader playactor

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This appears to be a fraud attempt to usurp your authority as CEO.

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“It makes an already hectic experience of flying even slower,” said Gomez, adding he sees more wheelchair fraud each time he travels.

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“We believe that the fraud is widespread,” Foley, the U.S. attorney, said Wednesday.

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Top Enron executives eventually were found guilty of fraud that concealed enormous financial risks.

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Informed’s agentic-AI software has been used by large lenders such as JPMorgan Chase’s Chase Auto group, GM Financial, Ally Financial and Capital One to vet borrowers and weed out fraud.

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