1 someone who deceives people by saying that they are someone or something that they are not: --
2 the crime of obtaining money or property by deceiving people: --
3 a person or thing that is not what it claims or pretends to be: --
He says he’s been everywhere and done everything, but I think he’s a fraud.
4 the crime of getting money by tricking or deceiving people, or a crime of this type: --
a fraud investigation/case/trial
engage in/commit/perpetrate fraud It is said that they knowingly helped corporate executives commit fraud.
bank/accounting fraud She pleaded guilty to conspiracy and bank fraud.
The US Sentencing Commission has raised penalties for corporate fraud twice.
serious/massive fraud We only investigate when there are sufficient grounds for believing serious fraud has taken place.
5 something that is not what it appears to be and is deliberately used to deceive people, especially to get money: --
What happens if the investment turns out to be a fraud?
The following six chapters deal with fraud after the ballot was designated secret.
They all sought to improve the distributive incidence of taxes, expand the tax base, reduce fiscal fraud, and support the efficiency of the tax administration.
E-markets provide a fertile ground for deceitful participants to engage in old as well as new types of fraud.
Controversies in science can be over matters of fact or matters of theory; but they can also be over philosophical foundations, methodology, priority, or fraud.
I guess this makes these other major scholars and publications also guilty of "fraud" and other related sins by daring to publish such thoughts!
Both cases dealt with allegations of fraud and excessive campaign expenditures. 12.
In these forums farmers routinely recanted, switching from pro to anti and back again, and charges of fraud were commonplace.
He soon hit upon the idea of using thumb prints to prevent pension fraud in the colonies.
