Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.

  2. (countable, uncountable)Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.

    Betrug, Schwindel

    моше́нничествоmošénničestvo, жу́льничествоžúlʹničestvo, афе́раaféra

    шахра́йствоšaxrájstvo

  3. (countable, uncountable)The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.

    Hochstapelei

  4. (countable, uncountable)A person who performs any such trick.

    Betrüger, Betrügerin, Hochstapler

    моше́нникmošénnik, жу́ликžúlik, афери́стaferíst

    шахра́йšaxráj

    a person who makes deceitful pretenses

  5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A trap or snare.

Examples

112 sentences
  1. Tom is a fraud.

    Том — аферист. — deniko

  2. You're a fraud.

    Ти шахрай. — mkazarian

    ruТы обманщик. — marafon

    deEin Schwindler bist du. — Vortarulo

  3. Tom exposed Mary as a fraud.

    ruТом выставил Мэри обманщицей. — sharptoothed

  4. They'll eventually discover it's a fraud.

  5. Academic fraud is more common than you might think.

    deAkademischer Betrug ist weiter verbreitet, als du denkst. — Yorwba

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
act of deception:
one who performs fraud:
Русский
By meaning 2
act of deception:
one who performs fraud:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
act of deception:
assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end:
one who performs fraud:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English fraude (recorded since 1345), from Old French fraude, a borr

Inherited from Middle English fraude (recorded since 1345), from Old French fraude, a borrowing from Latin fraus (“deceit, injury, offence”).

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