Meaning
1 senses(obsolete)To defraud.
Examples
112 sentencesTom is a fraud.
Том — аферист. — deniko
You're a fraud.
Ти шахрай. — mkazarian
ruТы обманщик. — marafon
deEin Schwindler bist du. — Vortarulo
Tom exposed Mary as a fraud.
ruТом выставил Мэри обманщицей. — sharptoothed
They'll eventually discover it's a fraud.
Academic fraud is more common than you might think.
deAkademischer Betrug ist weiter verbreitet, als du denkst. — Yorwba
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Inherited from Middle English fraude (recorded since 1345), from Old French fraude, a borrInherited from Middle English fraude (recorded since 1345), from Old French fraude, a borrowing from Latin fraus (“deceit, injury, offence”).
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Forms
frauds, frauding, frauded, fraudedWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.