fraud

Noun
  1. Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person (synset 100770581)
    is a type of: crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
    subtypes:
    • barratry - (maritime law) a fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargo; includes every breach of trust such as stealing or sinking or deserting the ship or embezzling the cargo
    • identity theft - the co-option of another person's personal information (e.g., name, Social Security number, credit card number, passport) without that person's knowledge and the fraudulent use of such knowledge
    • mail fraud - use of the mails to defraud someone
    • election fraud - misrepresentation or alteration of the true results of an election
    • constructive fraud, legal fraud - comprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable or legal duty or trust or confidence
    • collateral fraud, extrinsic fraud - fraud that prevents a party from knowing their rights or from having a fair opportunity of presenting them at trial
    • fraud in fact, positive fraud - actual deceit; concealing something or making a false representation with an evil intent to cause injury to another
    • fraud in the factum - fraud that arises from a disparity between the instrument intended to be executed and the instrument actually executed; e.g., leading someone to sign the wrong contract
    • fraud in the inducement - fraud which intentionally causes a person to execute an instrument or make an agreement or render a judgment; e.g., misleading someone about the true facts
    • intrinsic fraud - fraud (as by use of forged documents or false claims or perjury) that misleads a court or jury and induces a finding for the one perpetrating the fraud
    • cheat, rig, swindle - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
  2. A person who makes deceitful pretenses (synset 110221154)
    is a type of: beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
    subtypes:
    • name dropper - someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends
    • ringer - a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
    same as: fake, faker, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer
  3. Something intended to deceive;
    Deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage (synset 100755028)
    is a type of: chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
    subtypes: goldbrick - anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
    same as: dupery, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on

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