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

Example Sentences

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Police last month detained 16 people allegedly linked to the Mazzarella clan on charges of cyber fraud.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Essayli is popular with high-level administration officials, and received a congratulatory post on X from Vice President JD Vance over the filing of fraud cases earlier this week.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

By August he had created his own one-man company, Synthient, and was selling his list of associated IP addresses to warn companies of fraud.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Mitsotakis, who notes the fraud began before he came to power in 2019, has vowed to imprison the "thieves" responsible and to reclaim the funds.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Then, turning to Milo, he said, “Don’t believe a thing this old fraud says.”

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster

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