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  • 61fraud — n. 1) to commit fraud; to perpetrate (a) fraud 2) to expose (a) fraud 3) mail; vote fraud * * * [frɔːd] to perpetrate (a) fraud vote fraud mail to commit fraud to expose (a) fraud …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 62fraud */*/ — UK [frɔːd] / US [frɔd] noun Word forms fraud : singular fraud plural frauds 1) a) [countable/uncountable] the crime of obtaining money from someone by tricking them Police are investigating a complex fraud involving several bogus contractors.… …

    English dictionary

  • 63fraud — Illegal, dishonest, or improper activity. Fraud appears in many guises, including (i) the manipulation of accounting data (or *cooking the books), (ii) the theft of *assets, and (iii) the sale to Competitors of confidential or sensitive… …

    Auditor's dictionary

  • 64Fraud Squad — The police department that deals with financial crime. London Stock Exchange Glossary * * * Fraud Squad ˈFraud Squad noun LAW ORGANIZATIONS the department in the British police force that examines fraud in business: • According to the Fraud Squad …

    Financial and business terms

  • 65fraud-u-Net — adj. Relating to a company that announces a cutting edge Internet product in an effort to raise their stock price. n. [cf. fraudulent.] Example Citations: Another reason Wall Street is staying away is that the shadow of fraud u Net releases has… …

    New words

  • 66fraud — noun /frɔːd,frɔd,frɑd/ a) Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain. b) The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end Syn: deceit, trickery, ho …

    Wiktionary

  • 67fraud — [[t]frɔ͟ːd[/t]] ♦♦♦ frauds 1) N VAR Fraud is the crime of gaining money or financial benefits by a trick or by lying. He was jailed for two years for fraud and deception... Tax frauds are dealt with by the Inland Revenue. 2) N COUNT A fraud is… …

    English dictionary

  • 68fraud — noun 1 (C, U) a method of illegally getting money from someone, often by using clever and complicated methods: financial losses due to theft or fraud | tax/share/bankruptcy etc fraud (=fraud in a particular financial area) 2 (C) someone who… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 69fraud — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ massive ▪ serious (esp. BrE) ▪ complex, sophisticated (both esp. BrE) ▪ attempted (esp. BrE) ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 70fraud in equity — A conception of fraud which includes whatever amounts to actionable fraud in law and other acts, transactions, and circumstances, wherein it appears that one person has obtained an unconscionable advantage over another, from which equity… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary