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fraud
English
Etymology
From Middle English fraude (recorded since 1345), from Old French fraude, a borrowing from Latin fraus (“deceit, injury, offence”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /f???d/
- (US) enPR: frôd, IPA(key): /f??d/
- (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American) enPR: fr?d, IPA(key): /f??d/
- Rhymes: -??d
Noun
fraud (countable and uncountable, plural frauds)
- (law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
- Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
- The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
- A person who performs any such trick.
- (obsolete) A trap or snare.
Synonyms
- swindle
- scam
- (criminal) deceit
- trickery
- hoky-poky
- imposture
- (person) faker, fraudster, impostor, cheat(er), trickster
- grift
Related terms
- defraud
- fraudulence
- fraudulent
- fraudulently
- fraudulentness
- insurance fraud
- mail fraud
- pious fraud
- wire fraud
Translations
Verb
fraud (third-person singular simple present frauds, present participle frauding, simple past and past participle frauded)
- (obsolete) To defraud
Translations
See also
- embezzlement
- false billing
- false advertising
- forgery
- identity theft
- predatory lending
- quackery
- usury
- white-collar crime
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
fraud f
- form removed with the spelling reform of 1938; superseded by frau
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artifice
English
Etymology
From Middle French artifice, from Latin artificium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???(?)t?f?s/
Noun
artifice (countable and uncountable, plural artifices)
- A crafty but underhanded deception.
- A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
- A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture.
- A tactical move to gain advantage.
- (archaic) Something made with technical skill; a contrivance.
Translations
Verb
artifice (third-person singular simple present artifices, present participle artificing, simple past and past participle artificed)
- To construct by means of skill or specialised art
Related terms
- artificial
Further reading
- artifice at OneLook Dictionary Search
- artifice in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- actifier
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin artificium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?.ti.fis/
Noun
artifice m (plural artifices)
- artifice, trick, ploy
- (literary) device
Derived terms
- artificiel
- feu d'artifice
- sans artifice
Further reading
- “artifice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Noun
artifice
- ablative singular of artifex
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