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Plural for a fraudulent scheme or ruse
“The Duc has turned this entire occasion into his own masquerade, a devious fraud to manipulate the people's passions.”
Plural for deception, typically wrongful and intended to result in financial or personal gain
“It is not contended in this case that the claimants had knowledge of any fraud on the part of Hatoun, or that they are chargeable with bad faith.”
Plural for a person or thing intended to deceive others by unjustifiably claiming or being credited with accomplishments or qualities
“If we do not expose him for a fraud and a charlatan, we give him credibility.”
Plural for a fraudulent imitation of something else
“When he regained consciousness, one of the officers told him that his identification was a fraud.”
Plural for a lie or falsehood
“To Bennett's great annoyance, the Sun never admitted that the story was a fraud.”
Plural for the fact of being untrue, or the tendency to be untruthful
“Still, science has dismissed such claims as fraud, delusion, or epiphenomena of the brain.”
Plural for a dishonest or unprincipled person
Plural for the action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force
Plural for one who plagiarizes the works of others and passes them off as his or her own
Plural for the copying of another's written or creative work
Plural for a person who acts in a shrewd or manipulative way
To cheat, deceive or defraud someone for personal gain
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